February 4, 2021 EV battery power hitting roads jumped 40% last year – report Lithium prices are soaring as 2020 emerged as tipping point for EVs, and Tesla flags battery shortages.
February 4, 2021 Gina Rinehart targets EV boom with ‘green’ lithium play Rinehart’s mining empire will become a cornerstone investor in Vulcan Energy, which is building a lithium project in Germany.
February 2, 2021 Albemarle shares slip on $1.3 billion stock offering The company’s stock doubled in 2020 as lithium prices rallied on EV demand.
February 2, 2021 Bacanora seeks $60m to pay for stage 1 of Sonora project Sonora is regarded as one of the world’s larger known clay lithium deposits.
February 2, 2021 Lithium price in China surges 40% to 18-month high Heavy demand for new generation LFP batteries lights fire under domestic China lithium carbonate prices boosting Australia spodumene prices in the process.
February 1, 2021 Ganfeng ups stake in giant Mexico lithium clay project Chinese company increases stake to 50% in Bacanora Lithium's Sonora project, one of the largest clay deposits of lithium in the world
January 29, 2021 Tesla hit by battery shortage amid rallying lithium, cobalt, nickel prices CEO Elon Musk says Tesla doesn't have enough batteries to put new products like the Semi heavy duty truck into production.
January 29, 2021 Tianqi’s top shareholder to get up to $2.5bn injection Chengdu Tianqi Industrial Group will receive up 16 billion yuan that may help the miner to pay down debt.
January 28, 2021 Fast-charging EV batteries closer to hitting the market Researchers at Penn State University have developed a lithium-iron-phosphate battery with a range of 250 miles.
January 27, 2021 All the mines Tesla needs to build 20 million cars a year Elon Musk has set a production target of 20 million vehicles annually before 2030. For starters: 23 Ambatovys at $8.5 billion a pop.
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