Lithium

Nigeria

Nigeria Resumes Mining in Zamfara State on Improved Security

Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state of Zamfara after a five-year suspension, the mining minister said, citing improved secu…

United States

Lithium Americas and GM Close Joint Venture for Thacker Pass Mine

Lithium Americas said on Monday it has closed its joint venture with US automaker General Motors to develop the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada.The miner&rs…

Battery

Batteries Set to Drive Rapid Photovoltaic Growth

Chemical battery storage, led by lithium, has made such significant strides in terms of cost, capacity and technology that batteries are now positioned to accel…

Battery

Batteries Set to Drive Rapid Solar Growth

Chemical battery storage, led by lithium, has made such significant strides in terms of cost, capacity and technology that batteries are now positioned to accel…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Vanadium Opens the Door to Low-Cost EV Batteries Made From Salt

Sodium-ion EV batteries deploy abundant, inexpensive salt to replace the expensive inputs that characterize lithium-ion batteries. Performance has been a stumbl…

Battery

American Battery Technology Company Awarded $144M Grant Contract From DOE for Construction of Second LI-Ion Battery Recycling Facility

American Battery Technology Company (NASDAQ: ABAT), an integrated critical battery materials company that is commercializing its technologies for both primary b…

Battery

Lithium-Ion Battery Recycler Awarded $144 Million DOE Grant

American Battery Technology Company received funds to construct a recycling facility with a 100,000 tons annual processing capacity.American Battery Technology …

Battery

Rio Tinto to Invest $2.5b to Expand Rincon Lithium Project Capacity to 60,000 Tonnes Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate per Year

Rio Tinto has approved $2.5 billion to expand the Rincon project in Argentina, the company’s first commercial-scale lithium operation, demonstrating its c…

Microgrid

Hithium Unveiles 6.25 MWh BESS, Sodium-Ion Battery Cell, Installation-Free Home Microgrid

A trifecta of cutting-edge products debuted at Hithium’s second Eco Day event held in Beijing on Thursday.Chinese energy storage specialist Hithium has us…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Stellantis and CATL to Invest up to €4.1B in Joint Venture for Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant in Spain

Stellantis and CATL will invest up to €4.1 billion to form a joint venture that will build a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plan…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

US and UK Partner With Tokamak Energy on ST40 Upgrade

The energy departments of the US and UK governments are to partner with Tokamak Energy for a USD52 million upgrade of the ST40 fusion facility, which will coat …

Battery

EU to Invest 1 Billion Euros to Boost Domestic Supply of Battery Components

The US Inflation Reduction Act — unless it is repeal or revoked — will provide tens of billions of dollars in production credits to companies that manufacture…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Stellantis and Zeta Energy Agree to Develop Lithium-Sulfur EV Batteries

Stellantis N.V. and Zeta Energy Corp. announced a joint development agreement aimed at advancing battery cell technology for electric vehicle applications. The …

Electric Vehicle Battery

QuantumScape Releases Next-Generation Solid-State Battery Separator Equipment, Cobra

QuantumScape Corporation, a leader in solid-state lithium-metal battery technology, announced that next-generation heat treatment equipment for its separator pr…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Monash Commercializing Rapid-Charge Lithium-Sulfur Battery Technology

Monash University (Australia) engineers have developed an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery, capable of powering long-haul EVs and commercial dr…