August 7, 2020 Albemarle to shutter two lithium facilities in the US It will idle portions of the Silver Peak mine in Nevada and Kings Mountain production facility in North Carolina starting in September.
August 6, 2020 UK to invest in Europe’s first geothermal lithium recovery plant The project is a collaboration between Geothermal Engineering and Cornish Lithium.
August 5, 2020 Albemarle’s quarterly profit drops 45% as lithium sales slow Sales dropped across all its divisions.
August 5, 2020 Orocobre, EnergyX join forces to develop ‘green’ lithium extraction technologies The companies want to address the challenges associated with the extraction of the metal.
August 4, 2020 Scientists discover “glassy” lithium In a quest to improve battery performance, US-based researchers made an unexpected find.
August 4, 2020 Solid-state battery market expected to reach $6 billion by 2030 – report IDTechEx published its predictions for the solid-state battery market.
August 1, 2020 Chilean regulators scrap SQM’s environmental plan Chile's Environmental Superintendent asked SQM to start again from scratch.
July 31, 2020 Deep-sea minerals could meet the demands of battery supply chains – but should they? Concerned scientists have highlighted our limited knowledge of the deep-sea and its ecosystems.
July 31, 2020 Chilean watchdog charges BHP for water misuse at Escondida Regulator said the mine had caused a serious drop in the water table, which could result in the revocation of the environmental permit, closure or a fine.
July 30, 2020 Rio injects extra $200 million in Jadar lithium project The Anglo-Australian miner has already invested $450 million into the project.
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