AS Published on Sunday 6 November 2022 - n° 423 - Categories:battery materials
After finding lithium in Germany, Vulcan finds it in France
Already present in Germany to extract lithium(Vulcan Energy produces high-quality lithium hydroxide), the Australian company is pursuing its activities on the French side of the Rhine valley: the subsoil
AS Published on Monday 31 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:battery materials
France to produce lithium by 2028
French company Imerys is targeting production of 34,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year from 2028. This activity
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:battery materials
Vulcan Energy produces high-quality lithium hydroxide
Australia's Vulcan Energy produces high-quality lithium hydroxide that "easily exceeds" battery specifications. With
L R AS Published on Saturday 24 September 2022 - n° 417 - Categories:battery materials
Lithium prices continue to rise
The growing demand for lithium-ion batteries for industry and automobiles has inflated the price of lithium in recent years. In 2022 (and until 22 September), the spot price of 99.5% lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) in China increased
L R AS Published on Saturday 10 September 2022 - n° 415 - Categories:battery materials
We are looking for recycled battery materials because 1st fusion products are too expensive.
The sharp rise in the price of battery components is forcing Chinese manufacturers to seek out recycled materials as much as possible. For example, the price of lithium carbonate has risen ninefold
L R AS Published on Tuesday 28 June 2022 - n° 410 - Categories:French companies, battery materials
Technip Energies: feasibility study contract for a lithium plant in France
Technip Energies has been awarded the feasibility study contract by Viridian Lithium for the construction of Europe's first lithium refining and conversion plant.
The plant will be located in Lauterbourg, France,
AS Published on Tuesday 21 June 2022 - n° 409 - Categories:battery materials
What will be the trend in the price of materials used in batteries?
Experts are divided over the likely trend in the prices of lithium, cobalt and nickel, essential materials for batteries.
At the end of May, Goldman Sachs sent shockwaves through the battery metals markets when it predicted that
AS Published on Tuesday 5 April 2022 - n° 400 - Categories:battery materials
A return to lithium supply-demand balance by 2024-2025?
The supply of materials for lithium-ion batteries should gradually catch up with demand over the next two or three years. There could even be an oversupply by 2025, according to the director of the company.
L R AS Published on Monday 14 March 2022 - n° 397 - Categories:battery materials
The price of lithium carbonate has soared and become too expensive
The price of lithium carbonate used in ternary and lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries has risen by 60% since the beginning of the year, hitting the ceiling for many lithium battery manufacturers.
According to Chinese battery manufacturers, the price hikes were triggered
L R AS Published on Monday 31 January 2022 - n° 391 - Categories:battery materials
Recovering metals to limit global warming
Because of its high conductivity, low weight and excellent corrosion resistance, aluminium is one of the key raw materials in the solar industry. It is used in cells, panel frames, mounting parts and inverters.
L R AS Published on Monday 31 January 2022 - n° 391 - Categories:battery materials
Lack of raw materials could slow down the energy transition
According to the German consultancy DIW Berlin, high commodity prices "could thwart the energy transition", as large quantities of copper are needed.
L R AS Published on Monday 13 December 2021 - n° 386 - Categories:storage, storage area, battery materials
The price of batteries is falling, but their price depends on the price of lithium!
Battery pack prices fall by 6% in 2021 to an average of $132/kWh according to BloombergNEF. Commodity price increases in the second half of the year are starting to hurt
AS Published on Sunday 4 July 2021 - n° 369 - Categories:battery materials
A new approach to lithium extraction
Research institutes in Germany and Chile are investigating the possibility of extracting lithium and other minerals, as well as drinking water, from brines from the centre of the earth.
AS Published on Monday 21 June 2021 - n° 367 - Categories:battery materials
Extracting lithium from the sea at a very low price
To provide batteries for all electric vehicles, new sources of lithium are needed all the time. Researchers in Kaust, Saudi Arabia, have developed a system for extracting lithium from the sea.
L R AS Published on Tuesday 25 May 2021 - n° 363 - Categories:battery materials
Next lithium production in Argentina
The Argentine authorities have signed an agreement with Ganfeng Lithium to build a lithium battery production plant
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/05/19/ganfeng-lithium-plans-battery-factory-in-argentina/
PV Magazine of 19 May 2021