Norwegian energy MNC Equinor recently entered into an agreement with Standard Lithium to acquire a 45 percent stake in two lithium project companies in Southwest Arkansas and ...
British firm Altilium has claimed progress in its 'EcoCathode' hydrometallurgical recycling technology, with breakthroughs in the recovery of lithium from new batter...
ABB and Vulcan Energy Resources have recently signed an agreement to jointly establish design, engineering, execution and operations plans for strategically important res...
Perth-based Lithium Australia's wholly owned subsidiary Envirostream Australia has signed an exclusive three-year battery recycling agreement in Australia ...
India's Cabinet has approved new royalty rates for mining of 12 critical and strategic minerals -- Beryllium, Cadmium, Cobalt, Gallium, Indium, Rhenium, Selenium, Tantalum, Telluri...
India will launch the second tranche of auction of critical and strategic mineral blocks on February 29, the government informed in a press release. Union Minister of Coal, Mines &...
World's leading lithium producer Albemarle announced a definitive agreement last week with the BMW Group to supply battery-grade lithium to help the German automaker...
India's steel and energy focused conglomerate JSW Group has selected Odisha for its integrated electric vehicles (EV) and battery manufacturing project that will mark the comp...
Korean auto giant, Hyundai Motor Group has signed a four-year supply agreement with China-based, Ganfeng Lithium, to acquire battery-grade lithium hydroxide -- a key electric vehic...
Lithium mining company International Battery Metals (IBAT) announced that it had leased its portable direct lithium extraction plant to a customer in the Western United States. "Th...
India's KABIL (Khanij Bidesh India Ltd) has announced an investment of ₹211 crore ($25.712 million) over a period of five years for exploration stage activities...
India has identified a game-changer for its clean energy transition with the discovery of lithium deposits in Jammu & Kashmir as well as in Chhattisgarh. This not onl...
In the dynamic landscape of lithium, commonly known as "White Gold," the soaring demand (driven majorly by lithium battery electric vehicles and battery storage infrastructure) pre...
Indian battery materials firm Altmin and YLB, Bolivia's public company for lithium deposits, have officially signed a strategic agreement to advance their partnershi...
ExxonMobil has announced plans to produce lithium from land in southern Arkansas, USA, that it acquired earlier this year, marking one of the first direct forays by legacy oil and ...
Albemarle, the world's largest lithium miner and among the largest suppliers of the mineral to EV battery makers, reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit and cut its annual f...
US lithium miner Albemarle withdrew its proposal to acquire Australia's Liontown Resources for A$6.6 billion, citing "growing complexities" over the deal. Following the announcemen...
The US has greenlighted a 704 MW wind farm consisting of 65 wind turbines and two offshore sub-stations off the coast of Rhode Island, as part of plans to install 30 GW of offshore...
India has amended laws to allow private companies to prospect for six rare and critical minerals, including lithium, which were off limits until now, multiple news outlets reported...
Rivian Automotive raised full-year production estimates to 52,000 vehicles and proclaimed it was financially stable, bringing some cheer to the troubled US EV sector. Rivian, backe...
The World Bank will help fund 1,000 solar-based mini grids in Nigeria along with the country's government and private sector, President Ajay Banga said. The bank has funded 150 suc...
Samuel Garcia, governor of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, is meeting executives in India as part of his plans to attract EV investments in the state, Reuters reports. Te...
Is Exxon eyeing lithium? Reports of oil company in talks with Tesla, VW and Ford to supply the metal
Is ExxonMobil getting into lithium? Bloomberg reports that the oil major is in talks with electric-vehicle maker Tesla and conventional carmakers such as Volkswagen, Ford and other...
Spanish renewable energy investor Capital Energy has put 4.3 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power plants for sale. The assets, all based in Spain, are estimated to fetch up to $1...
The global market for critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper has doubled in the last five years, but the world will have enough supply to meet national climat...
International Battery Metals Ltd. has claimed that its modular direct lithium extraction (MDLE) technology delivers a 97 percent extraction rate of lithium from feed brin...
China's BYD will spend $620 million to set up a new, three-complex in the Camacari industrial park in northeastern Brazil, the company announced. BYD's announcement comes on the ba...
John Bannister Goodenough, co-inventor of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, has passed away one month before he would turn 101 years old, the Hindu BusinessLine reports, citing...
Chile and the European Union have agreed to develop value-added lithium projects in the South American nation, and the parties will sign a memorandum of understanding soon, Europea...
US-based Livent and Australia-based Allkem are combining in a $10.6 billion all-stock deal that will create the world's third-largest producer of lithium, a metal pivotal to making...