The Latest Breaking News from lithium

How to blast rocks and negativity into prosperity

Chemicals giant Orica expects to be a winner in the latest boom because miners need tech to find new ore and explosives to blast critical minerals out of rock.

AAP · Jun 30, 2023

Citic Guoan Wins Contract to Develop Bolivian Lithium Deposits

Chinese state-linked conglomerate will work with the South American country in the mining, refining, processing and sale of the key battery material

Caixin Global · Jun 30, 2023

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 · Jun 29, 2023

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 · Jun 27, 2023

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 · Jun 26, 2023

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 · Jun 24, 2023

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 · Jun 23, 2023

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 · Jun 23, 2023

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 · Jun 21, 2023

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 · Jun 20, 2023