March 23, 2020 Germany wants to mass produce large-format lithium-ion cells The ZellkoBatt project was created to build bridges between battery working prototypes and industrial mass manufacturing in domestic factories.
March 23, 2020 Orocobre suspends operations in Argentina The company says it currently has sufficient stock to meet customer orders until the end of April.
March 22, 2020 Tianqi postpones commissioning of Australia lithium plant amid liquidity problems The company said its "tight liquidity situation," following the purchase of an interest in SQM, intensified since the start of 2020 due to the virus outbreak.
March 20, 2020 Lithium Americas halts Argentina construction Cauchari-Olaroz will be placed on care and maintenance; no employees are currently infected with Covid-19.
March 17, 2020 How China bent over backward to help Tesla when the virus hit Tesla received 10,000 masks and other materials that helped the company to restart its factory.
March 17, 2020 Chile lithium miners say coronavirus impact on output minimal so far Miners ramped up sanitary precautions at Atacama salt flat mining operations to protect workers.
March 14, 2020 Filtering technology increases speed, recovery rates from lithium brines The technology is expected to be commercialized soon by US-based EnergyX.
March 13, 2020 Lithium Americas expects delays at Caucharí-Olaroz over coronavirus The company expects construction on the $500m project completed early 2021.
March 13, 2020 Meet zinc, the cheap metal gunning for lithium’s battery crown Metal is making the jump into a developing $30 billion energy-storage market for electrical grids.
March 13, 2020 Neo produces battery-grade lithium carbonate in Argentina The Canadian miner achieved purities of 99.535% and 99.599% using two different processes.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
