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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

The Guardian - US

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.

AAP

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

The Independent UK

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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

Caixin Global

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.

ABC News

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

The Independent UK

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.

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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.

InsideEVs

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

InsideEVs

Scientists Test A Potentially More Stable EV Battery Solution

Researchers in Japan and Australia are developing a new approach to solid-state EV battery stability, which showed no degradation after hundreds of charges.

RideApart

The fate of America's largest lithium mine is in a federal judge's hands

West Coast Native American tribes are suing to stop the proposed lithium mine because they consider the land sacred. Proponents of the Nevada mine see it as vital for electric vehicle production.

WEKU

The Missing Minerals

To shift to clean energy, America must rethink supply chains.

Foreign Affairs

The koala will be the latest victim of our bad record

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Disposable vapes 'should be banned' says Liverpool health boss

More than a million single-use e-cigarettes, containing lithium batteries, are thrown away each week

AAP

New housing precinct for lithium workers

A new accommodation development has been proposed for a WA town to house a growing workforce of lithium workers in the coming years.

ABC News

Calls for government support to prevent lithium battery, renewable energy startups leaving Australia

Australian startups are being lured overseas to capitalise on the booming electric vehicle market and are calling on the federal government to match other countries that are spending big to manufacture batteries domestically.

Inverse

The worst Tom Cruise sci-fi movie on Netflix reveals a possible path to nuclear fusion, physicists say

'Oblivion's idea of turning seawater to energy might not be a dumb idea after all, experts say.

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First Batch Of Solid-State Batteries Shipped By QuantumScape To EV Makers

QuantumScape shipped its first batch of 24-layer lithium-metal cells to electric vehicle manufacturers for in-house testing.

The Independent UK

Feds launching review of mine at site of endangered flower

Days after U.S. wildlife officials declared a Nevada wildflower endangered at the site of a proposed lithium mine, federal land managers are initiating a review of the project plans the developer says will allow the mine and flower to co-exist

ABC News

Lithium-ion battery fires on the rise as Consumer Protection WA issues 'critical' warning

Jeff never thought his e-bike battery could pose any kind of threat, until the day he left it charging in the garage and woke to find his home in ruins.

Birmingham Post

Tees Valley Lithium agrees long term lease for Wilton International site

There are plans to get the lithium refining operation up and running by 2025

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jordan Signs MoU for Gold, Lithium Exploration

Jordan's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Arab Mining Company signed Sunday two memoranda of understanding (MoU) to excavate lithium in Wadi Araba's Fenyan area and gold in Aqaba's Jabal Mubarak area. The Jordan News Agency (Petra) quoted Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Kharabsheh as saying…

InsideEVs

Report: Ford And CATL Are Considering LFP Battery Plant Investment

In July, Ford announced that CATL will supply LFP lithium-ion battery cells for 4 EVs, but the implementation of the partnership requires careful analysis.

The Independent UK

Nevada flower listed as endangered at lithium mine site

U.S. wildlife officials have declared a Nevada wildflower endangered at the only place it’s known to exist — on a high-desert ridge where a lithium mine is planned to help meet growing demand for electric car batteries

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