Sales of EV batteries rose to 65.9 gigawatt-hours in the January-April period, from 26.8 gigawatt-hours a year earlier, SNE Research said Tuesday.

The Canadian company said having purchased a 2% NSR royalty is aimed at maximizing shareholder value.

The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of securing supplies on a regional level and further strengthen western countries’ desire to end reliance on China.

IDTechEx sees redox flow batteries overtaking the li-ion battery energy capacity installed by 2031.

The ten-year outlook will see lithium’s supply and demand fundamentals evolve rapidly.

“Caucharí-Olaroz is on track to become the largest new lithium brine operation in over 20 years,” Lithium Americas chairman says.

The paradox of the green revolution is that public opinion is firmly in favour of decarbonisation but not the mines and smelters needed to get there.