Germany wants to mass produce large-format lithium-ion cells
The ZellkoBatt project was created to build bridges between battery working prototypes and industrial mass manufacturing in domestic factories.
The ZellkoBatt project was created to build bridges between battery working prototypes and industrial mass manufacturing in domestic factories.
The company said its "tight liquidity situation," following the purchase of an interest in SQM, intensified since the start of 2020 due to the virus outbreak.
Cauchari-Olaroz will be placed on care and maintenance; no employees are currently infected with Covid-19.
Miners ramped up sanitary precautions at Atacama salt flat mining operations to protect workers.
The technology is expected to be commercialized soon by US-based EnergyX.
The company expects construction on the $500m project completed early 2021.
Metal is making the jump into a developing $30 billion energy-storage market for electrical grids.
The Canadian miner achieved purities of 99.535% and 99.599% using two different processes.
Early studies indicate about 90% of contained lithium can be recovered using the filter system, compared to about 30% when producers use the existing process of pumping brines.
US-based researchers found a solution to a persistent problem facing potassium metal batteries.