The Chinese firm will provide battery grade lithium hydroxide products to the electric vehicle maker from 2022 to 2024.

Korean researchers found that diluted high concentration electrolytes improve the performance of lithium metal batteries.

EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices jump.

New report lays out how the green energy transition “starts and ends with metals” but the required exponential growth in mining is a glaring hole in US and global decarbonisation strategies.