Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from lithium

Nevada lithium mine wins ruling; green energy fights rage on

A federal judge in Nevada has ordered the government to revisit part of its environmental review of a proposed lithium mine

The Independent UK

Tees Valley Lithium signs agreement with Britishvolt buyers Recharge Industries

The firm's forthcoming £200m lithium hydroxide refinery on Teesside will supply Recharge

Birmingham Post

Cornish Lithium proposes new exploration project near Blackwater

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

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Electric vehicle policy sparks debate over car bans

Questions about how the government should encourage drivers to swap petrol for electric cars has sparked a debate over incentives and bans.

AAP

GM, BYD, Solid State Batteries And Electric Plane: Top EV News Feb 2

It seems with each new week, EV and battery news grows. This week,

InsideEVs

GM Investing $650M In Nevada Lithium Mine For EV Battery Production

Actual lithium extraction won't start until 2026, though.

Motor1

Vanadium redox flow batteries can provide cheap, large-scale grid energy storage. Here's how they work

A type of battery invented by an Australian professor in the 1980s is being touted as the next big technology for grid energy storage. Here's how it works.

ABC News

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

GM conditionally OKs $650M Nevada lithium mine investment

General Motors has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas in a deal that will give GM exclusive access to the first phase of a mine planned near the Nevada-Oregon line with the largest known source of lithium in the U.S. The equity investment the companies announced jointly…

The Independent UK

GM says fourth battery plant 'very much on track,' envisions others

General Motors Co. is still planning a fourth battery plant and even more beyond that despite the reported breakup with supplier and partner LG Energy Solution.

Tribune News Service

GM And Lithium Americas Strike $650 Million Investment Agreement

As GM moves forward with a full portfolio of EVs to overtake Tesla, it has secured a major domestic stake in lithium for its batteries.

InsideEVs

X-57: Nasa’s electric plane is preparing to fly – here’s how it advances emissions–free aviation

The experimental airplane X-57, developed by Nasa, is due to fly for the first time this year. It has an impressive 14 propellers along its wings and is powered entirely by electricity. This sounds great considering we have to get off fossil fuels yet our demand for aviation is growing.…

The Conversation

Scholz visits South America in race with China for lithium

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is hoping his trip to Latin America this weekend will help Germany secure additional supplies of the lithium that car giants like Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Volkswagen AG need for their electric-vehicle batteries.

Tribune News Service

Zero emissions without mining

A new report finds that the U.S. can reduce lithium demand by up to 90 percent

Salon

Bolivia’s dream of a lithium future plays out on high-altitude salt flats

The government eyes an economic bonanza in a mineral vital to electric batteries but critics ask if plan is viable and at what environmental cost

The Guardian - US

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Birmingham Post

Tees Valley Lithium reveals step towards government funding

The firm's plans to open one of Europe's largest lithium hydroxide plants on the Wilton International site could secure backing from the Automotive Transformation Fund

The Guardian - US

Revealed: how US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havoc

By 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of mining

AAP

Pilbara reaps rewards from decarbonisation

Lithium producer Pilbara Minerals has had an "amazing quarter" with $2.2 billion in spare cash and its first ever dividend perhaps as soon as next month.

The Independent UK

Lithium miner cited for violating endangered flower habitat

Five days after the U.S. Energy Department announced a $700 million conditional loan to an Australian company for a lithium mine in Nevada, federal land managers cited the developer for trespassing within the habitat of an endangered wildflower

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Caixin Global

CATL Cleared for $945 Million Lithium Mining Acquisition

Bankruptcy court accepts battery giant’s proposal to pay off Sinuowei Mining Development’s debt and buy out its investors

ABC News

No 'green' mining boom for Australia yet, despite lithium and hydrogen investment surge: CBA

Investment in "green" mining, including lithium and hydrogen projects, is on the up but analysts say it is not yet the start of a new mining super cycle, and gas and coal projects are still attracting the majority of funding.

The Independent UK

Nevada lithium mine gets $700M conditional loan from Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy says it plans to loan $700 million to an Australian mining company to pursue a proposed lithium project in Nevada

InsideEVs

Tesla Gets New 1 Million-Square-Foot Building Outside Houston, Texas

Tesla is expanding outside of Austin. It's working on a lithium refinery near Corpus Christi and leasing a new building near Houston that may be battery-related.

InsideEVs

Tesla Starts Hiring For Its Lithium Refinery In Texas: Here’s What Jobs Are Available

Tesla published three job listings for the new facility near Corpus Christi: Area Superintendent, Project Scheduler, and Area Construction Manager.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia's Ma'aden Forms JV to Invest in Mining Assets Abroad

Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden), the Gulf's largest miner, said on Wednesday it agreed to form a joint venture with the Kingdom's sovereign wealth fund to invest in mining assets globally. Ma'aden will own 51% in the venture while the Public Investment Fund (PIF) will own 49%, the company said…

InsideEVs

EV Batteries Almost 90% Cheaper Today Versus 2008, DOE Estimates

The Department of Energy attributes this to improvements in lithium ion battery technology and chemistry, as well as a big increase in manufacturing volume.

1 … 28 29 30 31

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.