The EV revolution will need a lot of lithium (Li) to make enough batteries to power all those electric vehicles. Today, most of that lithium comes either from brine deposits in Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia or from rock deposits in Australia but all the major companies prefer to source themContinue Reading
A project, known as Lithium Americas, for which workers are preparing to start blasting and digging out a giant pit atop a long-dormant volcano in northern Nevada has drawn protests from members of a Native American tribe, ranchers and environmental groups. Because the project is expected to use billions ofContinue Reading
Germany has announced that it has discovered significant lithium deposits beneath the Rhine River and plans to mine the critical material. It is one of the critical raw materials for building the batteries used in electric vehicles. According to authorities, the deposit beneath the river could hold enough to buildContinue Reading
Tesla is planning to build its own cathode factory in North America and so is officially getting into the mining business. Elon Musk announced this at the Battery Day event saying that the company has gotten the rights to 10,000-acre lithium clay deposit in the Nevada desert. Elon Musk saidContinue Reading
Scientists at the KIT Energy Center at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology say there is enough lithium dissolved in the groundwater extracted by German geothermal heating and electricity installations to meet the needs of most if not all of the battery manufacturers in the country. There can be up toContinue Reading
The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) is a 45-ton mining dump truck nicknamed eDumper, but it may soon have to give up its title. There’s a new big boy in town, a hybrid vehicle that is powered by both electricity and a reserve of hydrogen fuel. The fuel cell EVContinue Reading
Australian mining company Neometals has entered into a deal with Indian power conglomerate Manikaran Power to jointly fund a feasibility study to set up India’s first lithium refinery. The refinery, if established, would process ore from the Mount Marion mine in Western Australia to produce battery-grade material for electric cars.Continue Reading
The World Bank has announced a multi-donor trust fund called the Climate-Smart Mining Facility. The goal of this facility is to promote the sustainable extraction of minerals used in renewable energy technologies such as wind, solar and batteries for energy storage and electric vehicles. The Climate-Smart Mining Facility will help resource-richContinue Reading
