The Latest Breaking News from lithium

Ukraine and the US have signed a much-anticipated deal on natural resources. The deal would open up some of the war-torn country’s mineral and energy resources to the United States.

Lithium-ion batteries are quietly powering large parts of the world, including electric vehicles and smartphones. They have revolutionized how people store and use energy. But as these batteries become more central to daily life, they bring more attention to the challenges of managing them and the energy they store safely,…

New research shows how coating a battery with a razor-thin layer of lithium borate-carbonate can lead to a 500% boost in charging rates when temperatures fall below freezing.

The film, on general release across Portugal from this Friday, gives voice to a northern mountainous regional rural community that's fighting the lithium extraction project led by British mining company, Savannah Resources.

The battery world wasn’t bullish about sodium-ion EV batteries until top Chinese battery companies went all in on the tech. Why bother with a new chemistry when lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) are already powering millions of EVs, are constantly improving, and are widely available?

Protein from vegetable could extend lithium-sulphur battery life by hundreds of charge cycles

Footage shows flames and smoke engulfing a block of flats in east London after a fire broke out, believed to be started by a lithium battery from a second hand e-bike.

Frigid weather and electric vehicle batteries aren’t besties. If your electric vehicle takes 20 minutes to charge at a DC charger in summer, it may take several additional minutes when the mercury drops. That’s not only a waste of time, but also keeps buyers away from battery-powered vehicles, especially those who…

Greenland has become the unwitting focus of world attention as president Donald trump seeks to grab control of the huge Arctic territory. Euronews takes a look at the country’s potentially huge deposits of lithium, rare earth metals and other valuable mineral resources.

A lithium-ion battery may have fewer parts than a combustion engine, but it's no less complex. It involves an intricate interplay of materials that influences an electric vehicle’s range, charging speed, performance and lifespan. Battery makers are racing to optimize all of the above, with chemistries that can minimize the…

The global demand for lithium-ion batteries is forecast to increase from 700 gigawatt-hours in 2022 to a whopping 4.7 terawatt-hours by 2030, according to Mckinsey Company. That’s because battery usage is not just growing in electric vehicles, but also in electrical appliances, drones, grid-level energy storage and dozens of other…