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Breakthrough technology for lithium manufacture

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For all of these reasons, continuous monitoring has long been the dream in lithium manufacture, so with successful trials at several plants, the industry is delighted that the dream has become reality. High purity lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate is required for battery manufacture.

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Lithium Deficit Threatens EV Sales and Energy Transition

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This whitepaper provides S&P Global Commodity Insights' analysis of the global lithium deficit, threatening EV sales and could put the brakes on the energy transition. Lithium prices shot up by more than 500% in the past year due to the short global supply.

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BMW i Ventures to Invest in Green Lithium Refining Technology

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May 17, 2022) – BMW i Ventures announced today a lead investment in the Series A-1 financing round of Mangrove Lithium, a feedstock-flexible modular platform producing battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate to improve the sustainability profile of lithium.

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Dragonfly Energy Launches Smart Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Dragonfly IntelLigence™

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Dragonfly IntelLigence™ technology will provide Battle Born Batteries with reliable communication capabilities via unique mesh network connectivity, enabling accurate remote monitoring for entire lithium battery banks via the Dragonfly Energy Mobile App.

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Piedmont Lithium wins $142-million DOE grant for Tennessee lithium project

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Piedmont Lithium has been selected to receive a $141.7-million grant from the DOE, one of the first wave of projects aimed at expanding domestic supply of battery raw material funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Tennessee Lithium project is located in McMinn County, Tennessee.

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This tech breakthrough could revolutionize lithium extraction

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Electric Vehicles Energy & Climate Transportation & Mobility Energy StorageOne huge potential benefit: reduced production costs for electric vehicle batteries.

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InoBat and Green Lithium to establish large-scale lithium refinery in the UK

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Battery supplier InoBat Auto and mineral processing firm Green Lithium have formed a strategic partnership to build and operate a large-scale lithium refinery in the UK. Newswire The Tech EV Batteries Green Lithium InoBat Auto

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Snow Lake Lithium to Develop World’s First All-Electric Lithium Mine

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Snow Lake Lithium shares a plan to develop the world’s first all-electric Lithium mine in Manitoba, Canada. For that reason, the global automotive and energy storage industries will be competing […].

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Cobalt-free lithium-ion battery cathode brings fairer phones into view

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In the new study, a research team led by the University of California, Irvine created and analyzed a material for a lithium-ion cathode that uses no cobalt and is instead rich in nickel. Energy News(image credit: Fairphone , CC BY-NC 2.0

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Lithium battery industry presents opportunities for water treatment experts

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Brine pools for lithium mining. The lithium battery economy, driven largely by the growing electrical vehicle market, presents opportunities for water and wastewater businesses across the value chain, according to a new report from BlueTech Research.

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Lithium-ion Battery Market Growing Demand, Globally

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The global lithium-ion battery market is expected to grow at a noteworthy CAGR of over 18.9% over the forecast period 2022 to 2030.

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Rock Tech Lithium to supply Canadian lithium to Mercedes for processing in Germany

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Increasing production of EVs will mean increased demand for sustainably-sourced raw materials such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, graphite, manganese and copper. Mercedes is exploring a strategic partnership with Rock Tech Lithium, which is developing a spodumene project in Ontario.

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Oil wells could soon be pumping lithium in Alberta

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Everybody loves lithium, but mining it does have an environmental footprint. million—that’s how much the company recently invested in E3 Lithium , a Calgary-based company that has developed a technology to extract the naturally occurring lithium from oilfield brines.

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Stellantis expands relationship with lithium producer Vulcan Energy

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Stellantis has made a new equity investment of €50 million in lithium producer Vulcan Energy Resources, and extended its original binding offtake agreement to 10 years. It is encouraging to see a leading automaker investing in local, low-carbon lithium production.”.

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Electra Produces Lithium from Battery Recycling Trial, Significantly Improving its Project Economics

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The recovery and subsequent production of a technical-grade lithium carbonate product in a plant-scale setting validates Electra’s proprietary hydrometallurgical process and efforts to date in commissioning its larger refinery complex

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Albemarle announces North Carolina technology park to explore advanced lithium technology

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The facility will be designed for novel materials research, advanced process development and acceleration of next-generation lithium products to market.

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NanoGraf Sets New Industry Benchmark for Most Energy Dense Lithium-Ion 18650 Battery at 4.0Ah

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Proprietary silicon-anode cell enables new energy density milestone

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Coremax Launches New 50kWh Lithium Battery System for Solar Energy Storage

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The high-capacity Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery system is designed to provide reliable and sustainable power for homes and businesses. Coremax has launched a new 50kWh battery system designed for solar energy storage. Based on a 48V 1000Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate battery, the system offers high-capacity energy storage, efficient and reliable performance, and a range of applications for homes and businesses.

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Mexico forms state-run company to mine lithium

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In April 2022, Mexico amended its Mining Law to reserve to the state the exclusive right to explore for and exploit lithium. Now the country has formed a state-run company called Litio para Mexico (LitioMx) to oversee the mining of lithium.

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Vulcan to use new lithium extraction sorbent at brine resource in Germany

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Vulcan Energy Resources has successfully developed, tested and demonstrated its in-house lithium extraction sorbent, VULSORB, for use in lithium extraction from the Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field in Germany. Newswire The Tech EV Batteries Vulcan Energy Resources

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LG Energy Solution partners with three Canadian cobalt and lithium suppliers

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LG Energy Solution has signed separate partnership agreements with three mineral suppliers in Canada. LGES will purchase cobalt from Electra Battery Materials, and lithium from Snow Lake Resources and Avalon Advanced Materials. Source: LG Energy Solution.

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$357k funding progresses US lithium-ion battery recycling initiative

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Team Portables, a consortium for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling incentivization, has received Phase II funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize. (Image credit: Parilov/Shutterstock.com).

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LG Energy Solution partners with Compass Minerals to secure US lithium supply chain

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LG Energy Solution has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), a provider of essential minerals for producing battery-grade lithium. Under the terms of the MoU, Compass Minerals would supply LGES with lithium carbonate and hydroxide.

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Lithium supplier ioneer signs supply agreement with Toyota/Panasonic JV

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Lithium-boron supplier ioneer signed a binding offtake supply agreement for lithium carbonate with Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES), a battery company joint venture of Toyota and Panasonic.

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Researchers achieve a breakthrough in the development of lithium metal batteries

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A team of researchers working in collaboration with the Nagoya Institute of Technology has discovered a new mechanism to stabilize the lithium metal electrode and electrolyte in lithium metal batteries.

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DuPont and Vulcan Energy Collaborate Toward Zero Carbon Lithium Extraction

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Project to Minimize the Water and Carbon Footprint of Lithium Extraction and Production to More Sustainably Power E-Mobility

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Liontown Resources to supply Tesla with Australian lithium

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Australia-based battery materials company Liontown Resources has agreed to supply Tesla with spodumene concentrate, a source of lithium. Pricing will be determined by a formula-based mechanism linked to market prices for lithium hydroxide monohydrate.

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Compass Minerals converts Great Salt Lake lithium brine to battery-grade lithium hydroxide

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Compass Minerals has announced the successful third-party conversion testing of its lithium brine resource into both lithium carbonate and battery-grade lithium hydroxide, representing a significant milestone in its previously announced lithium development project.

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Villara Energy Systems Launches Lithium Titanate 20-Year Home Battery

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Highest Power and Safest Lithium Chemistry Establishes New Market Leader

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Will Lithium Follow The ‘Super-Cycle’ Of Mining?

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But will lithium follow that same trend? Last year saw lithium prices soar due to increased demand for lithium-ion batteries as well as supply chain impacts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In February 2022, battery-grade lithium carbonate soared to $72,000 per metric ton, which was nine times higher than the 2020 price. Could we expect this lithium cycle to look like the time oil prices soared from $20 in the early 2000s to nearly $150 in 2008?

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Cuberg’s next-gen lithium metal cells show increased cycle life and specific energy

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Battery company Cuberg has announced some results from Mobile Power Solutions’s independent testing of its lithium metal pouch cells. Department of Energy in 2020 and reached 370 cycles with 80% capacity retention with a C/2 charging rate (2-hour charge) in a 5 Ah cell,” says the company.

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Lyten introduces lithium-sulfur battery platform

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Material supplier Lyten has introduced its new LytCell lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery platform. The new platform was developed specifically for the EV market, and is designed to deliver three times the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries.

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New paper examines environmental impact of brine-based lithium extraction

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A new paper from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) analyzes the process of extracting lithium from brine. The lithium is naturally dried in large ponds to evaporate the water, concentrate the lithium and remove impurities.

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Coremax Solar energy storage lithium battery factory move to Dongguang for large production capability

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As sales and production volumes continue to grow, this is an important step in expanding manufacturing and ensuring that Coremax Lithium residential batteries adhere to the lead times guaranteed to our customers," said Billy, CEO of Coremax Technology, "By the time all the production facilities are ready, we can guarantee our customers that all orders will be in production within 12 day

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New Lithium-Ion Battery Plant Coming to Buffalo, NY with 250+ Jobs

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a producer of lithium-ion batteries for transportation and utility storage, has selected the Town of Ellicott in Chautauqua County as the location for its first U.S. The post New Lithium-Ion Battery Plant Coming to Buffalo, NY with 250+ Jobs appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Ioneer in final permitting stage of its Lithium-Boron project in Nevada

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Ioneer , an emerging US supplier of lithium and boron, has earned a notice of intent (NOI) from the Bureau of Land Management for its Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Esmeralda County, Nevada.

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Schlumberger New Energy Venture to Launch a Lithium Extraction Pilot Plant in Nevada

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NeoLith Energy’s differentiated direct lithium extraction process aims to enable a sustainable, efficient, and flexible lithium production ecosystem

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Li-S Energy and Janus Electric to develop lithium-sulfur cells for swappable battery packs

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Australian battery specialists Li-S Energy and Janus Electric are working together to develop lithium-sulfur and/or lithium metal battery cells for Janus’s swappable battery packs. Janus’s current battery packs feature lithium-ion cells. Source: Li-S Energy.

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Lithium-ion Battery Market Size to Reach Around USD 183.8 Billion by 2030

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According to Vision Research Reports, the global lithium-ion battery market size is projected to reach around USD 183.8 billion by 2030 and growing at a CAGR of 17.81% from 2022 to 2030

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Argonne National Lab: Lithium-sulfur batteries are one step closer to realization

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Scientists at the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory are researching solutions to the drawbacks of lithium-ion batteries by testing alternate materials such as sulfur. Sulfur, says Argonne, is highly cost-effective, and lithium-sulfur batteries can hold more energy than ion-based ones.

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Smackover lithium prospect called one of the largest lithium brine resources in North America

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Galvanic Energy has announced some results from an independent evaluation of its Smackover Formation—a 120,000-acre lithium prospect in Arkansas. Testing also revealed bromine concentrations of 3,700-6,000 mg/L,” says Galvanic Energy. Source: Galvanic Energy.

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Li-Cycle Opens Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Alabama

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-Li-Cycle’s fourth Spoke recycling facility in North America has capacity to process up to 10,000 tonnes of manufacturing scrap and end-of-life batteries per year -The Spoke can recycle the equivalent of batteries required for approximately 20,000 EVs per year and has the ability to directly process full EV battery packs

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Rice researchers find misaligned crystallites in cathodes limit lithium flow

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Researchers at Rice University have found that stress between misaligned crystallites in cathodes limits the flow of lithium. The uniformity of the lithium, in turn, affects battery charging. “In That could allow you to get more energy at a given charge/discharge rate.

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