A new lab in North Carolina will develop lithium products two to three times faster than previously, company CTO said.

The company and Piedmont Lithium made a joint bid for North American Lithium earlier this year as part of a plan to expand in North America.

The nickel miner has taken 49% in a joint venture that gives it 25% in the Greenbushes lithium mine and 49% in the Kwinana processing plant in Western Australia.

The website contains the world’s largest dataset of minerals such cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements.

The London-based company has just received £1.6 million in seed round funding.

In Roskill’s view, French company Arkema is doing the right thing by creating a new polyvinylidene fluoride range.