The Australian Renewable Energy Agency will provide half the funds for the $925,000 study.

Besides focusing on affordability, researchers at Dalhousie University want to increase the lifetime and energy density of batteries for EVs and energy storage applications.

According to Graphene Manufacturing Group and The University of Queensland, graphene aluminum-ion batteries can charge 70 times faster than Li-ion batteries.

Responsible Mining does not just mean avoiding mine-site disasters, such as tailings dam breaches, or reducing worker accidents, it has to mean earning community support, writes John Harker.

Roskill published an analysis with its view on the study that claims to have found an economically viable system to extract high-purity lithium from seawater.

Bingham Canyon in Utah has been mined since 1906 and has produced more copper than any mine in history – more than 19 million tonnes.