July 8, 2021

Elon Musk’s China battery partner is now richer than Jack Ma

Zeng Yuqun, the founder of CATL, has overtaken Alibaba co-founder in the wealth rankings, a symbolic moment in the rise of China’s green billionaires.

July 8, 2021

Battery chain puts lithium’s green credentials under microscope

A group backed by Daimler and Volkswagen has started a study into the environmental impact of lithium mining in Chile.

July 6, 2021

Ganfeng gets green light for Argentina lithium plant

The document approved a plant with capacity to produce 20,000 tonnes of lithium chloride annually.

July 6, 2021

Lithium supply chain threatened by East-West geopolitical tensions – report

Geopolitical risks and the US-China tensions pose threats on the global lithium supply chain, according to a new report by Fitch Solutions.

July 5, 2021

German-Chilean project plans to extract raw materials from thermal springs

The BrineMine project is developing strategies to extract lithium, cesium and gold directly in geothermal power plants.

July 5, 2021

Eramet says Europe must help its miners gain access to EV metals

“We don’t have these resources in Europe, or very little” of them, Eramet CEO Christel Bories said in an interview.

July 4, 2021

Mining brines from dormant volcanoes could provide battery metals, gold

Oxford researchers say it is possible to extract copper, gold, zinc, silver and lithium from brines trapped in porous rocks at depths of 2 kilometres below dormant volcanoes.

July 2, 2021

New recycling techniques set to make electric vehicles greener

The new methods involve retrieving parts of the battery so they can be reused, which can drastically cut costs and carbon emissions.

July 2, 2021

General Motors moves to secure US-sourced lithium for its EVs

The US largest automaker is investing “multi millions” in a lithium project poised to become the country's largest by 2024.

July 2, 2021

China’s first exchange-traded lithium contract to launch on July 5

China's Wuxi Stainless Steel Exchange said trading in its new lithium contract would begin next week.