Battery Metals Top Stories

Posco Future M targets $32.6 billion sales by 2030

Company plans to set up a battery material joint venture with Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt in South Korea.

Reuters | August 28, 2023 | 7:38 am

New zinc-air battery shows high power density, ultra-long stability

Australia-based researchers have redesigned zinc-air batteries by using a combination…

Staff Writer | August 28, 2023 | 6:06 am

India’s Modi urges nations with critical minerals to see custodianship as ‘global responsibility’

Narendra Modi said there is a risk of a "new…

Reuters | August 27, 2023 | 9:49 am

How cracked cathodes help reduce Li-ion batteries’ charging time

New research shows that cracks in the positive electrode of…

Staff Writer | August 27, 2023 | 6:31 am

Improving graphite cathodes’ structure could lead to faster-charging EVs

Recent findings could lead to faster-charging, longer-lasting, and safer electric…

Staff Writer | August 25, 2023 | 6:06 am

China’s lithium giants notch earnings records on supply crunch

Lithium prices have jumped almost 80% in China this year, with the recent power crunch in Sichuan, home to over one-fifth of the country’s lithium production, adding impetus to the rally.

Bloomberg News | August 31, 2022 | 3:26 am

SQM gets green light on environmental plan

The newly approved plan will cost the company $52 million in investments and measures taken to address six environmental infractions detected by Chile's regulator.

Reuters | August 30, 2022 | 12:07 pm

Battery startup Freyr signs $3 billion supply deal with Nidec

Freyr is building its first lithium-ion battery factory in the far north of Norway and has announced plans for production in Finland and the US.

Bloomberg News | August 30, 2022 | 11:45 am

New aluminum-sulphur battery developed to lower cost of energy storage

In a paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers explain that the new battery architecture uses aluminum and sulphur as its two electrode materials.

Staff Writer | August 30, 2022 | 6:06 am

Graphite One prefeasibility outlines $1.2bn capex for Alaska mine and Washington state plant

The company estimates it will take three years to permit and build the graphite manufacturing facility and on average, the plant would produce about 49,615 tonnes of anode material per year.

Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 9:35 am