Lithium News

Rabat- China’s BTR Group specializing in lithium-ion battery materials announced that it will construct a plant in Morocco’s Tangier Technology City. “The Moroccan project represents a total investment not exceeding $366 million, with the construction expected to take approximately two years,” BTR said in a statement on Wednesday. The company described the project as a […]

Anahi Jorge, 23, works for a lithium extraction company in Argentina, earning four times the salary of a local government worker in her village of Susques. And while she welcomes the income of about $1,700 per month—a fortune for most in economic-crisis-riddled Argentina—she laments the impact on critical water resources in her town and the wider Jujuy […]

SS4U, a new company from parent TSS4U, a Dutch off-grid solar specialist and engineering firm, has launched a new battery designed for residential use. It is based on what’s old-is-new-again technology: lead-acid, with a twist. The battery is a gel lead-acid implementation, developed in collaboration with VDL Groep, a diversified Dutch manufacturer in energy, mobility, […]

South Korea will advise automakers operating in the country to identify batteries used in their electric vehicles, a government statement said on Tuesday, as authorities seek to calm public safety concerns after a series of fires involving EVs. The government said it had decided to advise car makers to voluntarily disclose the information to reduce […]

Charging time is one of the regular criticisms aimed at EVs. People who have been used to refilling a fossil fuel car in a few minutes get very concerned about spending half an hour or more to top up a battery. Any improvement to this time can make a big difference to the EV experience […]

Tens of thousands of environmental and opposition activists protested in Belgrade to demand a halt to Rio Tinto Group’s $2.4 billion plan to open Europe’s biggest lithium mine in Serbia. Demonstrators marched through the capital chanting “You will not dig” and “Treason, treason,” the latest sign of unrest against a project backed by President Aleksandar […]

A new construction biomaterial that uses living microorganisms to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been developed by a UCL graduate student and colleagues. The biomaterial, developed by a master’s student in the UCL Bio-Integrated Design program, could dramatically reduce the construction industry’s carbon footprint if mass produced and widely adopted. It was unveiled […]

China’s AutoFlight currently holds the record for world’s longest eVTOL flight with the 155.7-mile (250.6-km) mark it set in 2023 in the dramatic Prosperity air taxi designed by former McLaren and Lilium draft king Frank Stephenson. Now its robust battery and range-maximizing technology is poised to get a major boost, as the company has signed […]

Researchers at Yokohama National University have developed a stretchy, high-precision measurement wearable device that combines soft polymer materials and rigid electronic elements. This device can accurately measure inertial data even if it extends up to 2.5 times its length. The combination of this stretchable high-precision device and machine learning achieved multiple types of motion recognition […]

Matt Riggs’ family has been farming in Urbana since 1874. But, his parents had to work second jobs to cushion themselves from the volatile corn and soybean markets that dominate Illinois’ agricultural sector. In the past few years, Riggs has realized the land his family has worked for 150 years is also ideal for solar […]