AS Published on Sunday 9 May 2021 - n° 361 - Categories:battery materials
Will there be enough raw materials for solar and storage?
The International Energy Agency has taken up the issue of raw material shortages and warned of their scarcity or shortage. It urges
AS Published on Sunday 28 March 2021 - n° 356 - Categories:battery materials
In brief: the price of nickel, nickel by IFPEN, the metals needed for the ecological transition by IFPEN
In brief: the price of nickel, IFPEN's study on nickel, IFPEN's study on the metals needed for the ecological transition
The price of nickel, which is essential for batteries, has fallen since its peak at the end of February 2021
AS Published on Saturday 26 September 2020 - n° 333 - Categories:battery materials
Cobalt supply to the European Union
British researchers are looking at European cobalt supply in the medium and long term:
European demand for cobalt (Editor's note for automobiles. Without this clarification, it does not fit in with the following paragraph) is currently located
AS Published on Saturday 19 September 2020 - n° 332 - Categories:battery materials
Nobody knows how much lithium there is on earth!
How long will the lithium supply last? This metal is essential for batteries. However, the number of batteries for electric vehicles is increasing (+25% per year between 2015 and 2018). Demand in 2015 was 34,600 tonnes, 40% of which was for vehicles. It will reach 34,600 tonnes in 2019,
L R AS Published on Monday 29 June 2020 - n° 326 - Categories:battery materials, accord-cooperation-redemption
Tesla ordered 6,000 tonnes of cobalt per year
Tesla has ordered 6,000 tonnes of cobalt per year from Glencore for its batteries. This order comes at a time when
R AS Published on Saturday 16 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:battery materials
There would be enough raw materials for RE
The supply of graphite, lithium and other products for renewable energies
L R AS Published on Saturday 4 April 2020 - n° 316 - Categories:battery materials
A lithium deposit in Spain
Australian company Infinity Lithium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the European Battery Alliance to promote its lithium mine project
L R AS Published on Sunday 29 March 2020 - n° 315 - Categories:battery materials
New technique for obtaining lithium: filtration
Researchers at Monash University have made a discovery that will significantly reduce the time it takes to extract lithium from brine. They have developed an innovative new filtration method based on the extraordinary sieving capacity of a living cell.
L R AS Published on Sunday 22 March 2020 - n° 314 - Categories:battery materials
Statistics on cobalt and nickel for batteries
Cobalt: Testament to its importance in the market, the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL consumed 21% of the world's cobalt supply in 2019. The five main manufacturers absorbed
L R AS Published on Sunday 8 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:battery materials
Lower lithium prices penalise manufacturers
The Chinese mining company Ganfeng, which specialises in lithium, has suffered from the fall in the price of this ore. Profit for the 2019 financial year is down by 65%, while its sales increased by 6% to RMB 5.3 billion.
PV Magazine of 3 March
AS Published on Sunday 17 November 2019 - n° 298 - Categories:matériaux pour batterie
Le lithium, situation et prévisions
Les prix du lithium ont diminué de moitié depuis le quatrième trimestre 2017, en raison de la perception d'une offre excédentaire sur le marché. Par conséquent, les principaux producteurs se sont retirés et ont réévalué leurs plans d'expansion.
On a justifié ce recul par
AS Published on Sunday 17 November 2019 - n° 298 - Categories:battery materials
Ethical concern about cobalt production
Several cobalt producers (Glencore, ERG ...) have launched a blockchain initiative to improve the traceability of this metal.
Several battery or vehicle manufacturers (Ford Motor, Volvo, Huayou Cobalt, IBM and LG Chem) are concerned about the traceability of cobalt.
L R AS Published on Monday 21 October 2019 - n° 294 - Categories:matériaux pour batterie
La chute du prix du lithium affecte les bénéfices des producteurs de ce minerai
La chute du prix du lithium affecte les bénéfices des producteurs de ce minerai
Le retrait soudain des subventions sur les véhicules électriques effectué par la Chine au cours de l’été a entraîné une baisse des cours du lithium, entraînant des effets désastreux sur les bilans des entreprises chinoises
R AS Published on Saturday 19 October 2019 - n° 294 - Categories:batteries lithium, matériaux pour batterie
Les fabricants de batteries cherchent à s'affranchir du cobalt
Les fabricants de batteries cherchent à réduire leur dépendance envers le cobalt qui provient pour les deux tiers de la République Démocratique du Congo.
Les batteries sont constituées de lithium, de nickel, de manganèse et de cobalt, d'où leur nom (NCM ou bien NMC). Selon la composition de la chimie, elles peuvent être avec 8 parties de nickel, une partie de manganèse et une de cobalt (d’où son nom de 811). Le chinois CATL a lancé
AS Published on Friday 20 September 2019 - n° 290 - Categories:matériaux pour batterie
Projet de recyclage de batteries lithium entre Eramet, BASF et Suez
Leur projet appelé ReLieVe (Recycling Li-ion batteries for electric Vehicle) sera financé par eux pour 4,7 millions d'euros, et par l'EIT Raw Materials, organisme de l'Union européenne.
L'objectif du projet est de développer un procédé innovant,