Lithium News

Various articles covered the great opportunities presented by lithium from geothermal brine with a strong emphasis on the strategic value for the different countries/ regions. An article in Reuters from late April 2021 looks how the “white gold” can power Germany’s green e-car race. With a strong car industry and a rising demand from the […]

Rising demand for lithium is stoking prices for the electric vehicle battery metal, fueling long-delayed expansions that still may not produce adequate supplies that automakers need to meet aggressive production plans. Growing industry optimism from higher lithium prices is a change from last year when funding for mines and processing plants dried up during the […]

Research led by the University of Liverpool, in partnership with Johnson Matthey PLC and Loughborough University, is making significant progress in the development of stable and practical electrolytes for lithium-oxygen batteries. The lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) battery (or lithium-air battery), consisting of Li-metal and a porous conductive framework as its electrode’s releases energy from the reaction of […]

Environmental worries have boosted anti-lithium sentiment across Europe and EU officials say it is crucial to show local populations that mining the metal used in electric car batteries is no longer a “dirty operation.” Tapping European deposits of lithium is an important part of the bloc’s ambition to secure more of the battery value chain […]

Commodities exchange operator CME Group launched on Monday a futures contract for lithium, seeking to capitalize on growing demand for the key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs) and high tech devices. Five tonnes were traded at the Lithium Hydroxide CIF CJK on the first session at $14.25 per kg. The price […]

Energy Exploration Technologies has secured $20 million in financing to continue developing its direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology. Most of the funding was provided by a range of institutional investors and a smaller portion came from the company’s equity crowd-investment. According to EnergyX, this funding makes it the highest-valued direct lithium extraction technology company on […]

Hooking up solar panels to batteries is the norm for storing extra energy produced when the sun is shining. To streamline this process, researchers have developed a lithium-ion battery that can be directly charged in sunlight, with no solar cells needed. “The idea is to simplify how solar energy is harvested and stored,” says Michael […]

With an eye on rapidly rising demand from Germany’s electric vehicle industry, power and mining companies alike are striving to bring to the surface lithium trapped in underground springs of boiling hot water thousands of meters below the Rhine river. Straddling an area 300 kilometers (186.41 miles) long and up to 40 kilometers wide, the […]

Chilean lithium producer SQM said on Tuesday that it will auction the remainder of 22.4 million of the company´s series B shares on the Santiago stock exchange issued to help underwrite an ambitious expansion of its lithium, nitrate and iodine operations. SQM said it will on April 28 offer a total of 754,383 common stocks […]

The proliferation of electric cars, smartphones, and portable devices is leading to an estimated 25 percent increase globally in the manufacturing of rechargeable batteries each year. Many raw materials used in the batteries, such as cobalt, may soon be in short supply. The European Commission is preparing a new battery decree, which would require the […]