Silicon eyed as way to boost electric car battery potential
About 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in 2016, a figure that is expected to jump sevenfold by 2022 - U.S. Energy Information Administration
About 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in 2016, a figure that is expected to jump sevenfold by 2022 - U.S. Energy Information Administration
Our options are actually quite limited when it comes to the globe’s energy dilemma, the answer is nuclear energy and lithium-ion battery storage technology. Now all we need to do is convince the politicians.
The company’s chief financial officer has outlined a detailed plan on how to not waste a whole lot of shareholders’ money again.
The bill proposes a gradual reduction in taxes on businesses to 30% by 2022 as well as a new sales tax refund of 19% for capital goods such as machinery.
The company's Onça Puma nickel mines blamed for contaminating the Catete river, which prosecutors said had a "severe" impact on the Xikrin and Kayapo tribes.
German automaker is also considering involvement in battery production.
The nine mines, six of which are nickel operations, have been shut since 2017 as part of an environmental crackdown on the sector.
The company acquired the remaining 50% in the joint venture from its previous partner and said negotiations were already advanced with an unnamed potential new associate.
China, the leading holder of international deep sea exploration licences, increases its lead in the race for alternative sources of battery minerals by taking samples from cobalt-bearing mountains deep in the Pacific.
Tamarack North nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota is expected to produce 23.3 million lb. nickel and 11.1 million lb. copper per year over a 7 year mine life.