Battery Metals

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric hailed the formation of a new government-controlled lithium partnership that fuses assets of state-run Codelco with private miner SQM, as the leftist leader advances his push for greater public control over the battery metal. Chilean lithium miner SQM SQMA.SN said on Wednesday it would partner with copper giant Codelco for the […]

LG Chem is building a $3 billion battery cathode factory for electric vehicles in Tennessee – here’s the latest. December 27: The groundbreaking ceremony took place last week for LG Chem’s battery cathode factory. Some of the company’s original plans have changed since I last reported on this announcement. The factory was initially supposed to […]

AS SHE DRIVES HER electric vehicle to her mother’s house, Monique’s battery gauge indicates that it’s time to reenergize. She stops at a charging station, taps her credit card at the pump, inserts a nozzle into the car, and in 5 minutes exchanges 400 liters of spent nanofluid for fresher stuff. As she waits, a […]

US firm Redwood Materials has acquired German battery recycler Redux Recycling as part of its European growth strategy. Redux’s facility in Bremerhaven handles around 10 000 tonnes of lithium-ion batteries per year and its location at the port, one of the largest and most important import harbours for vehicles, is a major advantage. Redwood will […]

US-based Energy Fuels said on Thursday it had started production at three of its permitted and developed uranium mines in Arizona and Utah, encouraged by higher prices of the heavy metal. Shares of the company rose 2% to $7.10 in premarket trading. The company is also preparing two more mines in Colorado and Wyoming for […]

While lithium-ion batteries currently dominate the industry, serious concern remains about the limited availability of lithium used in these batteries. Conversely, sodium-ion batteries provide a more sustainable alternative due to the tremendous abundance of salt in our oceans, thereby potentially providing a lower-cost alternative to the rapidly growing demand for energy storage. Currently most sodium-ion […]

American electric automaker Tesla’s plans to produce energy-storage batteries in China moved forward on Friday with a signing ceremony for the land acquisition for a new factory in Shanghai, China’s state media said. Construction is scheduled to start early next year with production to come on line by the end of the year, the official […]

The European Union has set targets to dig up, recycle and refine lithium, cobalt and other metals it needs for its green transition, but a shortage of new money, crippling energy costs and local opposition could put them beyond reach. The bloc will likely need to find ways to trim demand, find substitute materials and […]

Caterpillar Inc. has showcased its first battery-electric prototype underground mining truck, expanding its battery-electric and semi-autonomous technology portfolio for underground mining applications. The display for Newmont and other industry leaders occurred at the company’s testing facility in Tasmania, Australia, following the unveiling of the 793-battery electric prototype surface mining truck in November 2022. Caterpillar developed […]

Multi-brand automaker Stellantis has partnered with San Francisco’s Ample to bring battery-swapping to its electric vehicles, starting with a fleet of ride-sharing Fiat 500e cars in Spain. Instead of pulling into a charging station, plugging in and then waiting a while for an electric car’s battery pack to charge up before continuing a journey, electric […]