Battery Metals

You’re ready for your first long road trip with your new electric vehicle. But there are nagging questions in your mind. “What if I can’t find an available charging station when I need it?” “What if the charger doesn’t work?” A new concern is overtaking the once-dominant “range anxiety”, the fear of your vehicle running out of […]

This week, Tesla announced it plans to construct a manufacturing plant in India which will produce a car that sells for under $25,000. And why not? India is the largest country in the world by population and has the fourth largest new car market. It also has recently discovered large lithium deposits that could make […]

Iron ore prices extended gains on Friday, underpinned by rising hopes of stimulus measures in China after weaker export data and lower inventories at both mills and ports. According to Fastmarkets MB, benchmark 62% Fe fines imported into Northern China were changing hands for $116.52 a tonne Friday morning, up 4.25%. The most-traded September iron […]

When researchers at the Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory set out to make flow batteries better, they were not fooling around. They came up with solution based on sugar that can last all year, and more. The discovery could lead to new low-cost, long duration energy storage systems that can write fossil energy out […]

Gold prices jumped more than 1% on Wednesday as signs of cooling inflation in the US boosted hopes that the Federal Reserve could hit the breaks on its rate hike cycle sooner that previously thought. Spot gold was up 1.2% at $1,955.66 per ounce by 11:39 a.m. EDT, approaching a one-month high. US gold futures […]

Batteries are already powering cars, trucks and buses, and backing up homes, businesses and the grid. So can they also replace the ubiquitous but dirty diesel generator? Staid corporations and plucky startups have been trying to answer that question for more than a decade, with relatively little success. But with battery costs falling, performance improving […]

A common food and medicine additive has shown it can boost the capacity and longevity of a next-generation flow battery design in a record-setting experiment. A research team from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory reports that the flow battery, a design optimized for electrical grid energy storage, maintained its capacity to store […]

As the automotive industry races to develop electric battery-powered cars, carmakers are constantly vying for technological advancements that will give them a competitive edge. Toyota, the Japanese car group, recently announced its plans to produce “solid-state” batteries as early as 2027, unveiling ambitions to revolutionize its electric vehicle power units. This breakthrough technology addresses the […]

Global gallium prices jumped 27% this week as buyers reacted to China’s move to control exports of the niche metal used in an array of high-tech industries. Beijing’s announcement on Monday has been viewed as a retaliation over recent trade restrictions targeting the country’s semiconductor industry, and comes amid broader efforts by the US and […]

There’s a lot to the GMC Hummer EV. Whether you talk about the truck’s performance metrics, off-road prowess, or its physical presence, the numbers are always staggering. Perhaps no part of the truck exemplifies this more than the battery pack, which is among the largest fitted to a production vehicle. R&T sat down with the […]