Livent profit jumps on rising lithium prices; 2022 forecast raised

The company reported second-quarter net income of $60 million, compared with $6.5 million in the year-ago quarter.

Reuters | August 2, 2022 | 1:16 pm

Pelosi’s Taiwan trip spurs Chinese battery giant to pause plant debut

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the world’s biggest maker of batteries for electric vehicles, has been considering at least two locations in Mexico near the Texas border.

Bloomberg News | August 2, 2022 | 1:15 pm

Nornickel reduces nickel, palladium sales in H1 as supply chains disrupted

Nornickel's first-half sales of nickel fell by 6%, palladium by 4% and platinum by 18%.

Reuters | August 2, 2022 | 10:52 am

Globally more is being spent on coal than copper mining

New report shows growing disconnect between rhetoric on energy transition, which requires exponential growth in copper mining, and the realities of going green.

Frik Els | August 1, 2022 | 10:24 am

Tesla inks battery materials deals with two China suppliers

The announcements come as major automakers look to scoop up battery metals in the face of a looming shortage.

Bloomberg News | August 1, 2022 | 10:02 am

CATL reshuffles management as billionaire executive exits

CATL vice chairman and deputy general manager Huang Shilin is currently ranked 79th in Forbes Fortune List with a net worth of more than $20 billion.

Reuters | August 1, 2022 | 8:48 am

Indonesia to issue nickel export tax rules in Q3

The government is keen to take advantage of Indonesia's large deposits of nickel to eventually produce batteries for electric vehicles.

Reuters | August 1, 2022 | 8:42 am

Toyota-Panasonic battery JV to buy lithium from ioneer’s Nevada mine

The binding supply deal is the second in less than a month for ioneer.

Reuters | July 31, 2022 | 7:26 pm

Common table sugar key to improving aqueous zinc batteries’ safety features

Researchers at Tsinghua University are proposing the idea of chemically modifying common table sugar to stabilize the zinc-ion environment in aqueous zinc batteries and improve the devices’ safety features.

Staff Writer | July 31, 2022 | 6:15 am

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