Lithium News

A new facility slated to open later this year could make Madison a hub in the manufacturing process for rechargeable batteries and aid other U.S. companies in developing new technologies. Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials, a business group within Mexican chemical manufacturing company Orbia, is converting an 11,000-square-foot building near the Beltline and Interstate 90 […]

For a global lithium industry still reeling from gluts along the battery supply chain, the greater long-term risk is producing too little of the metal rather than too much, according to the world’s No. 2 producer, Chile. More threatening than oversupply in the coming years is the risk of a renewed shortage, which would send […]

Chile unveiled salt flats that will be opened up to lithium mining as part of a plan to double production of the battery metal over the next decade under a new public-private model. Two flats — the giant Salar de Atacama where Chile produces all of its lithium currently, as well as Maricunga — were […]

Battery recycler Li-Cycle plans to lay off 17% of its staff – including three senior executives – as it pares its ambitious global growth plans in order to save cash and focus on building a crucial processing facility in New York. The cuts, announced on Tuesday, are a tacit acknowledgement by the Toronto-based company that […]

Washington’s drive to make the United States a major global lithium producer is being held back by a confusing mix of state regulations that are deterring developers and hampering efforts to break China’s control of the critical minerals sector. Across Texas, Louisiana and other mineral-rich states, it’s unclear who owns the millions of metric tons […]

Our childhood memories of trains are romantic: black metal monsters heaving themselves down the track, huge white billows of smoke trailing behind. “Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance,” Paul Simon mused. “Everybody thinks it’s true.” What’s true about trains today, though, is that we need to electrify railway lines. That’s because […]

HELENA stands for “Halide Solid State Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Aircrafts” and aims to accelerate the development of powerful and stable solid-state batteries for electric road vehicles and aircraft. The 15 project participants began their work under the coordination of the CIC energiGUNE research center a good one and a half years ago. Now […]

The answer to removing fire risk from batteries might be obvious: Water. At least that’s what an ingenious innovation from the minds of researchers at Australia’s RMIT University indicates. The team there has developed what it calls an aqueous metal-ion battery that won’t catch fire but still meets performance benchmarks. The problem is that common […]

Dharmawan Kusna Handoyo spends his workday in a 2-by-3-meter cubicle, soldering batteries. He has been building DIY battery packs since 2009, when he installed one in his own electric bike — but in the past few years, it has become his main source of income. He sells the packs for hundreds of dollars apiece, luring […]

Lithium batteries are very difficult to recycle and require huge amounts of water and energy to produce. Emerging alternatives could be cheaper and greener. In Australia’s Yarra Valley, new battery technology is helping power the country’s residential buildings and commercial ventures – without using lithium. These batteries rely on sodium – an element found in […]