Charged

DECEMBER 27, 2024

San Jose-headquartered Lyten , a manufacturer of advanced materials and sulfur-lithium batteries, plans to acquire manufacturing assets from San Leandro-headquartered Cuberg, including its lithium-metal battery manufacturing facility and cell-making equipment.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2022

This whitepaper provides S&P Global Commodity Insights' analysis of the global lithium deficit, threatening EV sales and could put the brakes on the energy transition. Lithium prices shot up by more than 500% in the past year due to the short global supply.

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Charged

MARCH 31, 2025

US-based supplier of remanufactured battery packs for EVs, re/cell has introduced lithium-ion blocks using recycled cells from Tesla battery packs. “Weve launched our lithium-ion block architecture to meet the growing demand for lightweight electric vehicles, drones and energy storage systems.

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TechXplore

MARCH 12, 2025

Demand for lithium is rising due to its use in batteries for mobile devices, cars and clean energy storage. Securing access to natural deposits of the mineral is now a matter of strategic importance, but lithium can be found elsewhere in nature.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 7, 2025

Lithium-ion batteries are widely viewed as a necessity for meeting our growing energy demands while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A University of Sheffield professor has contributed to a new report calling for a national materials strategy that addresses the rising demand for critical materials.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Team Portables, a consortium for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling incentivization, has received Phase II funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize. This knowledge will further grow the demand for sustainable products and materials.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

As global effort to fight climate change intensifies, the challenge for battery manufacturers and their supply chains is to find ways to meet the rapidly growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Each EV lithium-ion battery pack contains around 8 kg of lithium, and last year global lithium production was 100 000 tons.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2022

Brine pools for lithium mining. The lithium battery economy, driven largely by the growing electrical vehicle market, presents opportunities for water and wastewater businesses across the value chain, according to a new report from BlueTech Research. Water reduction. Hard rock mining has a much lower water footprint than salar mining.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Saudi energy firm Aramco and mining and metals company Maaden have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia to potentially start lithium production by 2027. As part of its operations, Aramco has identified several areas with a high lithium concentration of up to 400 parts per million. Source: Aramco

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TechXplore

MARCH 1, 2025

In the race to meet the growing global demand for lithiuma critical component in batteries for electric vehiclesa team of researchers from Rice University's Elimelech lab has developed a breakthrough lithium extraction method that could reshape the industry.

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TechXplore

APRIL 18, 2024

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), mainly used as the power of computer, communication and consumer electronic products, require higher energy density, longer cycling life, faster-charging capability, and a broader operating temperature range to meet the growing consumer demands.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 20, 2024

For October 2024 witnessed an unprecedented surge in demand for lithium-ion batteries. Consequently, the mining industry scrambles to meet this insatiable appetite for “white gold” (lithium) and. These power sources fuel our smartphones, laptops, and a rapidly growing fleet of electric vehicles (EVs).

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 2, 2025

Within a decade, Australia could become a globally competitive battery maker just as demand for energy storage grows As more and more solar and wind energy enters Australias grid, we will need ways to store it for later. We can also use flow batteries. These are a lesser-known cross between a conventional battery and a fuel cell.

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TechXplore

APRIL 11, 2025

Lithium-ion batteries are the dominant energy storage technology powering everything from portable electronics to electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. However, the demand for higher energy density, faster charging, and longer lifespans necessitates continuous innovation.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 20, 2023

While lithium-ion batteries currently dominate the industry, serious concern remains about the limited availability of lithium used in these batteries.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Cost and availability of raw materials is the biggest among a number of challenges that must be addressed if US-made products will be able to meet demand for battery storage in the country.

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altenergymag

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The global lithium-ion battery market is expected to grow at a noteworthy CAGR of over 18.9% over the forecast period 2022 to 2030.

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Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills discuss the challenges for the nascent European gigafactory ecosystem in light of heavy competition from the US and China, alongside the role that energy storage system (ESS) demand will play.

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TechXplore

AUGUST 13, 2024

Critical minerals like lithium and cobalt are vital to batteries, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems. To meet the long-term demand for these materials, finding sources of these materials beyond mining has become a priority for many researchers.

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TechXplore

JANUARY 18, 2024

In the switch to "greener" energy sources, the demand for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries is surging. Now, researchers in ACS Central Science report evaluating an earth-abundant, carbon-based cathode material that could replace cobalt and other scarce and toxic metals without sacrificing lithium-ion battery performance.

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CleanTech Group

JULY 9, 2021

Lithium and its compounds are used in numerous industrial applications, from ceramics to glass. Demand for lithium is forecast to grow strongly in.

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

From laptops to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries power everyday life. However, as demand for longer-lasting devices threatens to outstrip the energy that lithium-ion supplies, researchers are on the hunt for more powerful batteries.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

But rising demand is putting more attention on the limits and drawbacks of current generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology. Battery tech is pivotal as the world leans into electrification to power decarbonization in the race against climate change. This is where Cambridge University spin-out Molyon hopes to come in: the U.K.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 26, 2023

Lithium analyst Rodney Hooper on supply and demand for key battery metal. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Do we have enough lithium? Plus: Solar has killed coal, but can it kill gas? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

MARCH 2, 2023

A few days ago, share prices of lithium miners including Albemarle, SQM, Livent, Piedmont Lithium and Lithium Americas ,plunged, losing as much as 9% on a day when the S&P 500 dropped only a fraction of a point. Is a lithium price war in the offing? Morgan analyst Lucas Ferreira. Source: Barron’s

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Charged

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Tees Valley Lithium (TVL), a subsidiary of Alkemy Capital Investments, has received planning permission to build a lithium hydroxide refinery at the Wilton International Chemicals Park in Teesside, UK, following an environmental impact assessment and local consultation over an 18-month period. Source: Alkemy via Battery Tech News.

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Charged

AUGUST 13, 2024

Arcadium Lithium has acquired the lithium metal business of Li-Metal in an $11 million all-cash deal that includes the company’s intellectual property and physical assets related to lithium metal production, including a pilot production facility in Ontario, Canada. ” Source: Arcadium Lithium

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Charged

JANUARY 12, 2025

The facility will build on Aces existing operations, which have been recycling lithium-ion batteries since 2023, including lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistries. The site is strategically located near major ports handling over 10% of Indias maritime cargo.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Increasing production of EVs will mean increased demand for sustainably-sourced raw materials such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite, manganese and copper. Mercedes is exploring a strategic partnership with Rock Tech Lithium, which is developing a spodumene project in Ontario. Source: Mercedes-Benz.

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Charged

JUNE 24, 2022

Lithium supplier Livent has announced an agreement to boost its ownership of a lithium hydroxide development project called Nemaska Lithium to 50%. Nemaska is strategically located to serve growing lithium demand in North America and Europe.”. Source: Livent.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

Lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) will become increasingly popular for stationary energy storage applications, overtaking lithium-manganese-cobalt-oxide (NMC) within a decade, Wood Mackenzie shared in a new report. The rapid rise in demand for EVs since 2010 had driven down the cost of lithium-ion batteries by more than 85 percent.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Image: Getty ExxonMobil is getting into the lithium production business. The company announced on Monday that it’s going to become a “leading producer of lithium” by opening its first drilling operation in southern Arkansas. To access the lithium, the company will first drill 10,000 feet below the surface using gas and oil machinery.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In detail, the results show that China is expected to be able to employ recycling to meet its own demand for primary lithium for electric vehicles, obtained through mining, from 2059 onwards; in Europe and the US, this will not happen until after 2070. It concludes that China will achieve this first, followed by Europe and the US.

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Charged

JULY 19, 2022

Mining giant Albemarle plans to build a lithium processing plant in the US that would produce as much of the light white metal as the entire company produces today. There isn’t enough [lithium] supply yet to supply the ambitions of the US,” Norris told the Fastmarkets Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials conference in Phoenix.

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TechXplore

JUNE 24, 2024

Stephan von Delft from the University of Münster has been looking at what effects different strategies for achieving a circular economy with lithium, cobalt and nickel for electric vehicles will have on the demand for materials in Europe. Their conclusion is that 11 mines and 57 fewer recycling plants could be needed.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

APRIL 15, 2024

The technology revolution and development of new renewable energy resources is driving demand for lithium to new heights, but it is not a common mineral. Scientists say they have found lithium in an unexpected place; fool's gold, or pyrite, deposits.

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