The promise of a lithium-sulfur battery
GreenBiz
MARCH 7, 2023
Low in cost and high in density, a lithium-sulfur battery could power the future of transport — if it ever gets to market.
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GreenBiz
MARCH 7, 2023
Low in cost and high in density, a lithium-sulfur battery could power the future of transport — if it ever gets to market.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 6, 2023
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. Each EV lithium-ion battery pack contains around 8 kg of lithium, and last year global lithium production was 100 000 tons.
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GreenBiz
OCTOBER 31, 2022
supplying 1 percent of the world’s lithium, there’s nowhere to go but up. With the U.S.
GreenBiz
JUNE 28, 2022
Five- to tenfold growth is expected in the global lithium battery market over the next decade as people shift to electric vehicles, but already lithium supplies are tight.
GreenBiz
JUNE 2, 2022
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.
Charged
MAY 8, 2023
Australia-based lithium producers Sayona Mining and Piedmont Lithium say they have successfully restarted production of commercial spodumene concentrate at their jointly owned NAL project in Quebec, Canada, at a cost of $80 million. Source: Piedmont Lithium
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2023
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. Researchers have been looking for different materials that could offer these same advantages without cobalt’s flaws.
Charged
MAY 18, 2023
Lithium producers are hustling to establish production in North America, and that’s a positive thing. The results of the DFS underscore NAL’s role as a significant lithium producer positioned to meet the requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,” said Piedmont COO Patrick Brindle. Source: Piedmont Lithium
GreenBiz
AUGUST 11, 2021
There are ways to extract lithium without damaging the environment. We just need to start doing it.
Charged
JANUARY 6, 2023
Prairie Lithium has commissioned the third iteration of its direct lithium extraction (DLE) pilot plant in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is designed to process deep subsurface brines sourced from the company’s fall 2022 drilling program, from which 600 cubic meters of lithium-rich brine was reserved for ongoing DLE technology testing.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 31, 2022
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. Water reduction. Hard rock mining has a much lower water footprint than salar mining.
Charged
MAY 1, 2023
Standards authority SAE International has released a new standard document, SAE J3235, which aids in mitigating risk for the storage of lithium-ion cells, traction batteries and battery systems intended for use in automotive-type propulsion systems and similar large-format applications. Source: SAE International
Charged
MAY 9, 2023
Water treatment company Aquatech has been awarded a contract for the lithium refining and purification process plants by Lithium Americas for the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada, the largest known lithium reserve in the US. purity of lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass lithium-bearing clays.
Charged
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
General Motors and Lithium Americas plan to jointly invest in the development of the Thacker Pass mine in Nevada, which the companies call “the largest known source of lithium in the US.” GM plans to use lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass in its proprietary Ultium battery cells.
Charged
MAY 11, 2023
IBC , a manufacturer and supplier of metal separation products, has demonstrated high efficiency in the initial Phase 1 operation of its Direct Lithium to Product (DLP) pilot plant in Salar de Maricunga, Chile. The DLP process produces battery-grade lithium products on-site. Izatt said. Source: IBC
Green Living Guy
MAY 3, 2023
For it most surprisingly has one of the largest inferred lithium deposits in the United States. million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent. This is […] The post Lithium Project with ABTC Tonopah Flats Lithium boasts one of the largest lithium deposits in the US appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Charged
APRIL 19, 2023
Embargo til April 17 TDK Ventures has invested in lithium-extraction startup Novalith, which has developed a novel system for extracting battery-grade lithium from resource deposits. Novalith points out multiple drawbacks of current lithium production methods.
Charged
OCTOBER 25, 2022
Piedmont Lithium has been selected to receive a $141.7-million The funding will support the construction of Piedmont’s Tennessee Lithium project, which has a budget of approximately $600 million and a goal of establishing lithium hydroxide production capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year. Source: Piedmont Lithium.
Charged
MAY 16, 2023
GM’s investment arm GM Ventures is leading a $50-million Series B financing round in Energy Exploration Technologies ( EnergyX ) and will develop the company’s lithium extraction and refinery technology. This could help create a lithium supply chain in North America that may otherwise be unviable, the company said. Source: GM
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 2, 2021
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. The post $357k funding progresses US lithium-ion battery recycling initiative first appeared on Envirotec.
Charged
APRIL 20, 2023
Specialty chemicals company Albemarle has announced plans to build a lithium hydroxide processing facility in Chester County, South Carolina. The so-called Mega-Flex plant will be able to process diverse lithium feedstocks, including lithium from recycled batteries.
Charged
MARCH 21, 2023
Battery manufacturer LG Chem will make a $75-million equity investment in Piedmont Lithium. LG will also commit to the offtake of 200,000 metric tons of spodumene concentrate (SC6) from Piedmont’s jointly-owned North American Lithium over a four-year term. Source: Piedmont Lithium of Piedmont common shares.
Charged
MARCH 2, 2023
A few days ago, share prices of lithium miners including Albemarle, SQM, Livent, Piedmont Lithium and Lithium Americas ,plunged, losing as much as 9% on a day when the S&P 500 dropped only a fraction of a point. Is a lithium price war in the offing? Morgan analyst Lucas Ferreira. Source: Barron’s
altenergymag
MAY 16, 2023
Earlier this month, Alfa Chemistry announced the launch of its lithium-ion battery testing service, in a hope to support the growing demand for alternative energy sources. The service newly released is designed to provide reliable and accurate testing for lithium-ion batteries.
Charged
JUNE 21, 2022
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. Source: InoBat.
Charged
MARCH 31, 2023
American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) has identified what it calls “one of the largest known lithium deposits in the United States” at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Big Smoky Valley, Nevada. The ABTC Tonopah Flats Lithium Project encompasses 517 unpatented lode claims covering approximately 10,340 acres. Stay tuned.
Charged
MARCH 27, 2023
Iran’s Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has announced that the country has discovered its first lithium reserve in Qahavand in Hamedan province. million tons of lithium and if realized, would rank Iran behind Chile (11 million tons) and ahead of Australia (7.9 The reserve is believed to hold 8.4
Charged
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
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. Source: Mercedes-Benz.
Charged
APRIL 27, 2023
Solid-state battery pioneer Sakuu has announced promising results from its ongoing testing of a novel printable lithium formulation from Livent for use in Sakuu’s 3D printed batteries. Livent’s LIOVIX platform includes applications for pre-lithiation and lithium metal anode manufacturing.
Charged
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The facility will be designed for novel materials research, advanced process development and acceleration of next-generation lithium products to market. The company expects that innovations at the proposed site will enhance lithium recovery, improve production methods and introduce new forms of lithium for advances in battery performance.
Charged
MAY 29, 2023
The automaker recently signed lithium supply agreements with five producers, and Benchmark Minerals predicts that, with these deals and a nickel supply agreement, Ford has secured more than 90% of the lithium and nickel it will require to meet its 2-million-vehicle target.
Charged
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Tees Valley Lithium (TVL), a subsidiary of Alkemy Capital Investments, has received planning permission to build a lithium hydroxide refinery at the Wilton International Chemicals Park in Teesside, UK, following an environmental impact assessment and local consultation over an 18-month period. Source: Alkemy via Battery Tech News.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
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. The new company will begin operations within the next six months.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Everybody loves lithium, but mining it does have an environmental footprint. But what if I told you that there’s a way to extract lithium from existing oil wells, and that it’s not only greener than other lithium extraction methods, but could even clean up some of the damage from the oil drilling?
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
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.
Charged
APRIL 7, 2023
Australia-based lithium exploration and development company Green Technology Metals has signed a binding agreement for an option to buy an 80% interest in the Junior Lake Project from Landore Resources Canada. It is host to three drill-ready lithium-cesium-tantalum pegmatite prospects: Despard, Swole Lake and Tape Lake.
Charged
MAY 26, 2023
LithTech, an Australian firm, has announced its 2023 capital raising drive to enhance its magnesium separation process, which increases the brine extraction of essential raw elements, including nickel, lithium, cobalt, copper and natural graphite, used in EV batteries.
Solar Power World
APRIL 25, 2023
utility-scale battery storage market has existed in earnest since 2011 led by one dominant battery chemistry choice: lithium. EIA, 97.95% of utility-scale batteries installed in the United States were lithium-based. Although still very much in its infancy, the U.S. According to data through 2021 from the U.S.
altenergymag
MARCH 13, 2023
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.
Charged
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
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. Lithium metal batteries represent a promising technology that has the potential to deliver high energy density.
altenergymag
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
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.
Green Living Guy
MAY 27, 2022
(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. The company’s electrochemical […].
Charged
JANUARY 2, 2023
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. VULSORB will enable Europe to extract lithium from its own brine fields, without being exposed to geopolitical risk.
altenergymag
JULY 26, 2021
-Acquisition expands Ecobat's position in Europe as the leader in recycling batteries of all chemistries -Combined capabilities position Ecobat as the only service provider across Europe to offer the full suite of lithium-ion recycling services
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