Battery Metals Top Stories

Dead EV batteries turn to gold with US incentives

A little-publicized clause in the US Inflation Reduction Act has companies scrambling to recycle electric vehicle batteries in North America.

Reuters | July 21, 2023 | 7:42 am

Australia blocks acquisition of lithium mine by China-linked firm

Country issued a prohibition order stopping Austroid Corporation from acquiring…

Reuters | July 21, 2023 | 7:32 am

Bolivia hikes lithium resources estimate to 23mt

The new figure compares with a previous estimate of 21…

Reuters | July 20, 2023 | 11:28 am

Elon Musk relieved that lithium prices are no longer insane

Chinese prices of lithium carbonate, a refined form of the…

Bloomberg News | July 20, 2023 | 10:09 am

How Chile’s progressive new plan to mine lithium faces Indigenous hurdles

Chile’s millennial president, Gabriel Boric, promised to mine differently. He…

Reuters | July 20, 2023 | 7:26 am

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Tesla’s Denholm says Australia is key to avoid EV battery crunch

Tesla alone will need more than 3 terabyte hours of lithium-ion batteries by 2030, compared to the industry’s current global capacity of about 1 terabyte.

Bloomberg News | July 19, 2022 | 8:23 am

Solid-state EV batteries could cut carbon emissions further, says climate group

Based on a comparison of one of the most promising solid-state batteries to lithium-ion technology and using sustainable lithium sources, a battery's carbon footprint could be cut by as much as 39%.

Reuters | July 18, 2022 | 3:51 pm

Life cycle test confirms low environmental footprint of Nouveau Monde’s graphite products

The company is currently working towards developing a fully integrated source of carbon-neutral battery anode material in Quebec.

Staff Writer | July 18, 2022 | 11:37 am

Chinese lithium giant pulls EVs deeper into forced labor glare

Ganfeng’s Chairman earlier this year visited Xinjiang, where activists say Uyghurs and other Muslim citizens have been subjected to forced labor.

Bloomberg News | July 18, 2022 | 8:03 am

Governments turn against deep-sea mining as EV boom drives demand for metals

The deep ocean contains the largest estimated deposits of minerals on the planet, potentially worth trillions of dollars.

Bloomberg News | July 18, 2022 | 7:52 am

CMOC’s Congo mine suspends copper and cobalt exports

MOC's Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine has suspended all exports.

Reuters | July 17, 2022 | 10:34 am

UK fast-charging battery startup Nyobolt raises $59 million

Nyobolt has been developing battery anodes using niobium and tungsten that could enable EVs to charge in minutes.

Reuters | July 15, 2022 | 10:30 am

VW’s battery business faces supply chain hurdles in road to IPO

PowerCo, which bundles the carmaker’s global battery efforts, is trying to secure raw materials amid surging prices and logistics issues.

Bloomberg News | July 14, 2022 | 8:07 pm

Panasonic to build $4bn battery plant in US to supply Tesla

Facility is expected to supply Tesla with new high-capacity batteries, boosting Panasonic’s production capacity 150-200 GWh per year by 2028.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 14, 2022 | 9:01 am

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