Lithium Prices Are Down, Cheaper Batteries and EVs Could Follow

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Australia and Indonesia should forge business ties in lithium

[ad_1] Nicholas Basan is a New Colombo Plan Scholar with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. “Potential” has long been used to describe the economic relationship between Australia…

Lithium shortages threaten Europe’s electric car transition

[ad_1] Europe’s transition to electric cars is under threat because of persisting shortages of lithium, the key battery component that will power the vehicles of the future. EU plans to…

Dondo Mogajane helms billion-dollar lithium plan

[ad_1] The former head of National Treasury has been tasked with cleaning up a scandal-dogged company that’s contemplating partnering a Chinese battery maker in a $1 billion lithium operation. Dondo…

Pilot recycling plant uses fruit peels to break down metal waste in lithium batteries

[ad_1] In 2020, a team from NTU successfully extracted more than 90 per cent in weight of precious metals found in processed lithium-ion battery waste using orange peel waste, and…

Enel, MIDAC To Develop Sustainable Lithium Battery Supply Chain In Italy

[ad_1] Image Source: ©2022 Kalkine Media® March 15 (Reuters) – Enel SpA: * ENEL X AND MIDAC JOIN FORCES TO DEVELOP A SUSTAINABLE LITHIUM BATTERY SUPPLY CHAIN IN ITALY Further…

Is the U.S. falling behind China in Africa’s lithium industry?

[ad_1] The demand for lithium is rising as it has become a critical component needed in electric vehicle batteries. In 2021, the world produced 540 thousand metric tons of lithium…

Fires sparked by lithium batteries are confounding firefighters

[ad_1] Last July, an electric transit bus in Connecticut burst into flames while parked at a depot. A month later, an electric scooter sparked a fire inside a New York…

The ‘land grab’ for lithium is just getting started with GM deal, says EV materials expert

[ad_1] Brine pools at the Albemarle Corp. Lithium mine in Calama, Antofagasta region, Chile, on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Cristobal Olivares | Bloomberg | Getty Images General Motors‘ announcement on…

GM to invest $650 million in a lithium company to support its electric vehicle business

[ad_1] US President Joe Biden, with General Motors CEO Mary Barra, looks at a Chevrolet Silverado EV as he tours the 2022 North American International Auto Show at Huntington Place…