Lithium News

Significantly improved electric vehicle (EV) batteries could be a step closer thanks to a new study led by University of Oxford researchers, published today in Nature. Using advanced imaging techniques, researchers revealed mechanisms which cause lithium metal solid-state batteries (Li-SSBs) to fail. If these can be overcome, solid-state batteries using lithium metal anodes could deliver […]

Next-generation lithium batteries with metallic lithium anodes and solid ceramic electrolytes may be one step closer after a study showed dendrites growing from the lithium anode and fracturing the ceramic electrolyte in a two-stage process. The work gives researchers useful leads on how to inhibit them and lengthen battery life. Commercial lithium batteries today use […]

Today, we at BloombergNEF published our annual Electric Vehicle Outlook. The report looks at how the different segments of road transport could evolve over the coming decades and maps the impact on oil markets, electricity demand, batteries, metals and materials, charging infrastructure and greenhouse gas emissions. There’s a lot of different angles within a big report […]

Fastmarkets’ daily assessment of lithium carbonate 99.5% Li2CO3 min, battery grade, spot prices cif China, Japan & Korea, was $42-48 per kg on Tuesday June 6, up by $6-8 per kg from $34-42 per kg. While the battery-grade lithium carbonate traded at lower prices in East Asia than in domestic China in previous weeks, market […]

The world contains vast quantities of lithium, an integral element in electric vehicle batteries. And though lithium is commonly mined from hard rock, the majority of the world’s lithium reserves are actually found in brine, extremely salty water beneath the Earth’s surface. Today, brine mining involves evaporating the brine in massive, extravagantly colored pools over […]

One of China’s top battery-makers reckons it has cracked a technology to provide even cheaper and more powerful packs for electric vehicles. Gotion High-Tech Co. recently unveiled a lithium-iron-manganese-phosphate battery — LMFP for short — which it says will power an EV for 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) on each charge. Until now, it’s largely the […]

Brisbane-based battery technology company Li-S Energy announced recently the development of its first 20-layer battery cells that are based on its third-generation semi-solid state lithium-sulfur technology. The new 20-layer cells use a low-flammability electrolyte – a battery component that moves charge-carrying ions during charging and discharging – that is safer than the traditional lithium-sulfur and […]

To reach net-zero targets in the coming decades, our transport systems must change – the loud rumble of cars powered by petrol and diesel must be replaced by the low hum of electric vehicles (EVs) on our roads. But while sales of EVs have soared, and 30 governments have said they will stop the sale […]

India’s Tata Group signed an outline deal on Friday on building a lithium-ion cell factory, based on investment of about 130 billion rupees ($1.58 billion), as part of the nation’s efforts to create its own electric vehicle supply chain. Compared to the size of its population, India’s car market is tiny. Tata Motors dominates its […]

European Lithium (ASX:EUR, FRA:PF8, OTC: EULIF) has signed a binding agreement for joint development and operation of a processing plant in Saudi Arabia with Obeikan Group to convert lithium concentrate into lithium hydroxide. The 50:50 joint venture (JV) will be geared towards developing, constructing, commissioning and operating the plant for the conversion of lithium spodumene […]