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UK to gain first lithium mine in Cornwall in boost to electric car industry

British Lithium in joint venture with French mining company Imerys, aiming to extract 20,000 tonnes

The Guardian - UK

Major mining deal struck to turn Cornwall into UK’s lithium EV battery hub

Global firm Imerys has acquired an 80% stake in a new joint venture with British Lithium

Birmingham Post

Western tribes' last-ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada

Western tribes are making a last ditch effort to thwart a large lithium mine in a federal appeals court.

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Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries

Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile

The Independent UK

Cornish Lithium says it needs £10m investment to fulfil development objectives

The Penryn-based mining company is looking to demonstrate commercial capability of lithium production in Cornwall for potential use in products such as batteries for electric vehicles

Birmingham Post

Court to hear appeal over Biden-backed Nevada lithium mine opposed by tribes, environmentalists

A U.S. appeals court is considering challenges to a huge lithium mine in Nevada that pits environmentalists and Native Americans against President Joe Biden’s plans to combat climate change

The Independent UK

John Goodenough, a Nobel Prize-winning co-creator of the revolutionary lithium battery, dies at 100

John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100

The Independent UK

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Scots vape boss would back ban on disposables if it didn't create black market

Disposable vapes contain lithium batteries which should be disposed of at recycling centres. But each year millions are discarded.

Daily Record

New York City leans on public for help with e-bike crackdown after deadly fires

New York City officials said they would renew efforts to crack down on unsafe e-bike shops following a spate of deadly fires caused by lithium ion batteries

The Independent UK

NASA opposes lithium mining at tabletop flat Nevada desert site used to calibrate satellites

The latest challenge to lithium mining in Nevada in the push for cleaner energy comes from a place where no opposition has arisen before: space

The Independent UK

Rural Spain could end up hosting infrastructure hubs for AI – here's what the environmental cost could be

While ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominating headlines recently, little attention has been given to the physical infrastructure such as data centres and microchip factories needed to support this technological revolution. Debates surrounding AI are rarely concerned with how tech companies extract resources to fuel…

The Conversation

4 killed, 2 injured in fire sparked by lithium ion battery at NYC e-bike shop

NEW YORK — Four Chinatown residents died early Tuesday after a raging e-bike fire tore through a repair shop previously flagged for unsafe conditions, with scores of terrified survivors fleeing into the darkness outside their homes.

Tribune News Service

Researchers smash 'energy density' record for rechargeable lithium batteries

The first ever 711 Wh/kg rechargeable lithium battery isn't ready for practical use, but it's exciting for mobile electronics.

PC Gamer

IBC to invest ₹8,000 crore in Karnataka to make batteries

The leadership team of International Battery Company (IBC), an American firm, that is planning to invest ₹8,000 crore in setting up a proprietary Lithium Nickle Manganese Cobalt prismatic cell manufacturing plant in Karnataka on Monday met M.B. Patil, Minister for Large and Medium Industries.

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The Independent UK

4 dead after fire in e-bike shop spreads to apartments in New York City

Authorities say a fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others

The Independent UK

Tribal activists see 'green colonialism' in Nevada mine Biden hails as key to clean energy

A huge lithium mine under construction in northern Nevada is at the center of a dispute over President Joe Biden’s clean energy agenda

InsideEVs

Toyota To Receive $850 Million Subsidy For Next-Gen EV Battery Development

Toyota said that it will use the money to develop the next generation of lithium-ion EV batteries which use bipolar lithium iron phosphate technology and have the potential to offer 20 percent more range in electric vehicles.

The Week

BYD Atto 3 review: what the car critics say

Although you might not have heard of BYD (Build Your Dreams), the Chinese firm has been making EVs for years, said The Daily Telegraph. This model is the compact electric SUV with which it is aiming to enter the UK market. The car has an “ingenious” lithium iron-phosphate battery that…

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Toyota’s Newly Revealed EV Plans Include 900-Mile Batteries

The car group’s newly revealed plans mention that the first of the next-generation EV will debut in 2026 as a Lexus, using a lithium-ion battery that offers over 600 miles of driving range.

The Independent UK

James Cameron feels he 'walked into an ambush' in Argentine lithium dispute

Movie director James Cameron says he feels he “walked into an ambush” this week during a visit to Argentina in which he believes there was an attempt to use his image as an environmentalist to give a positive spin to lithium mining operations despite opposition from Indigenous communities

InsideEVs

Li-S Energy’s Lithium-Sulfur Cells Achieve 540 Wh/l Energy Density

Li-S Energy has achieved 45 percent more volumetric energy density on its new 20-layer lithium-sulfur cells.

The Hindu

Explained | Who should own the world’s lithium?

Analysing how Lithium should be mined and managed as it is becoming a mineral of vast importance for the digital world

ABC News

EV batteries pose big risks — and new figures reveal how much hazardous waste they could create

As Australia passes the milestone of 100,000 electric vehicles on our roads, an environmental downside is looming: huge numbers of batteries that could end up in landfill.

ABC News

Lithium-ion batteries to blame for garbage truck, waste facility fires

Waste crews are dealing with up to four fires every week in trucks and at facilities, an industry body spokesperson says.

StockNews.com

NewMarket (NEU) or Sigma Lithium (SGML): Which Chemical Stock Is a Better Investment?

Digital technologies and advanced analytics are revolutionizing the chemical industry, which will likely drive the growth of leading chemical companies, NewMarket (NEU) and Sigma Lithium (SGML). However, let’s compare these two stocks’ fundamentals to identify which one might be a better investment. Read on.

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