Tag: Lithium
If the EU wants to break away from China, it has to swallow mining dust and dig up lithium from the ground itself
In relation to Russia, the EU is dependent on the old. China is a more difficult part, because there the EU is dependent on the new. Janne Toivonen, Alina Mäkynen…
France: Mining group Imerys announces “one of the largest lithium extraction projects in the EU”
The industrial minerals group Imerys announced on Monday the start of mining by 2027 of a lithium deposit in the Allier, in central France, which will be “one of the…
Lithium: what is it?
Lithium-ion batteries are very present in electric cars, such as the Toyota Prius. © Toyota UK, Flickr, CC by-nc-nd 2.0 Lithium is the metal the lightest. In the periodic table…
Stellantis and Samsung SDI, JV for lithium ion battery plant in the USA
(Finance) – Stellantis and Samsung SDI have signed binding and definitive agreements for the realization of a electric vehicle battery production plant in Kokomo (Indiana), United States. The plant, which…
Gas, wheat, lithium… Faced with geopolitical and climatic crises, storing to survive
At the beginning of 2020, the health crisis broke out: all over the world, supermarkets were robbed by consumers who overstock frozen products, cleaning products, etc. Two years later, here…
Lithium-ion battery: what is it?
Lithium-ion battery car. © DR The lithium ion battery is an electrochemical accumulator that uses the lithium in an ionic form. Principle of the lithium-ion battery This battery releases electricity…
Serbia backs out of lithium mining project under pressure from environmentalists
The Serbian authorities have given up on a project to exploit a lithium mine which was to be carried out by the company Rio Tinto, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic announced…
In Chile, allocation of lithium mining lots divides right and left
Chile has just awarded two lots for the exploration and extraction of lithium for a total amount of 121 million euros. In the race to gain access to this metal,…
Serbia: the population does not want the Yadar lithium mine
It is a lithium mining project that is getting a lot of attention and is causing a nationwide wave of protests in Serbia. The Yadar mine, which the multinational Rio…
A revolutionary process to make batteries last longer
Researchers at Stanford University have discovered a technique to revive the lithium clusters that form in lithium-ion batteries. This allows them to increase their lifespan and restore the capacity that…