May 5, 2021 Britain set to stockpile metals for electric cars to beat Chinese threat – The Telegraph Officials at the Department for Business are discussing options to protect the United Kingdom's access to vital materials including lithium and cobalt.
May 5, 2021 No longer dirty? EU leaders want to challenge perceptions of lithium mining Spain hopes to develop an ambitious cross-border lithium project with Portugal.
May 5, 2021 Tesla consumes more lithium than four closest rivals combined The company led by Elon Musk deployed 18,700 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent in the batteries of its newly sold passenger EVs in 2020.
May 5, 2021 Metals price rally could hamper switch to green energy — IEA Prices for commodities — from lithium to cobalt — have hit record highs as demand for clean energy technologies increases.
May 3, 2021 Livent results top expectations as lithium demand begins to rebound The company said it would resume expansions in the US and Argentina that had been paused last year.
May 3, 2021 World’s top miner warns against Chile’s mining tax BHP says charging higher rates at times of high prices for copper and lithium could scare global investors away.
May 3, 2021 EnergyX’s direct lithium extraction technology gets $20m boost According to EnergyX, the funding makes it the highest-valued direct lithium extraction technology company on the market.
May 3, 2021 CME starts trading lithium futures to tap EV demand Contracts tied to the battery metal are expected to make pricing more transparent.
May 2, 2021 Manganese, nickel, silicon are main focus of battery research Roskill examined the potential of patent analysis to understand the lithium-ion battery technology landscape.
May 2, 2021 Lithium producers grow bullish as EV revolution turbocharges demand Growing industry optimism from higher lithium prices is a change from last year when funding for mines and processing plants dried up during the pandemic.
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