Lithium producer Vulcan Energy has finalized a strategy to pre-qualify its battery-quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) material prior to entering full commercial production. The company is developing its Phase One Lionheart Project to provide integrated lithium and renewable energy production for the battery electric vehicle industry in Europe. Vulcan is starting to produce and dispatch… Read more »
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Hangcha and Manitou form lithium battery JV In France
Chinese industrial vehicle manufacturer Hangcha and Manitou, a French company specializing in manufacturing material handling, lifting and earth-moving equipment, have agreed to expand their partnership to create a joint venture (JV) focused on manufacturing and distributing lithium-ion batteries for industrial vehicles. The JV is a step forward in Hangcha’s strategy to expand globally while directly… Read more »
Ronbay and Rock Tech Lithium partner to provide European battery materials
German-Canadian company Rock Tech Lithium, which is developing refining capacity in Europe, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese cathode active materials producer Ronbay Technology aimed at creating an integrated lithium-ion battery materials supply chain in Europe. Rock Tech will provide long-term supply of battery-grade lithium hydroxide to Ronbay’s cathode production facilities in… Read more »
Saltworks partners with EMP Metals on lithium brine-to-battery project
Lithium refining developer Saltworks Technologies has partnered with Canadian lithium exploration and development company EMP Metals on Project Aurora, an integrated effort to increase the competitiveness of a lithium brine-to-battery chemicals supply chain in Canada. Aurora will test a new approach through a complete, continuous-flow lithium refining system from raw brine to battery chemicals. The… Read more »
Full Circle Lithium expands distribution network for its battery firefighting agent
US-based Full Circle Lithium (FCL), manufacturer of lithium-ion battery firefighting agent FCL-X, has signed regional distribution agreements with six distributors in the US and one in Canada, in addition to a distribution agreement with US Fire Pump already in place. FCL now serves more than 25 US states and all of Canada. FCL has restructured… Read more »
Sustainable Projects Group plans lithium carbonate facility in Canada
US natural resources development company Sustainable Projects Group has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish a new lithium carbonate facility. The company’s Lithium Harvest subsidiary intends to establish a manufacturing facility in Alberta, Canada, with a full annual capacity of 9,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate. The facility will use Lithium Harvest’s… Read more »
Argonne researchers develop low-cost membrane to extract lithium from water
Scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago, have developed a new membrane technology designed for efficient lithium extraction from seawater and underground saltwater reserves. The membrane utilizes vermiculite clay, a widely available and inexpensive material that costs approximately $350 per ton. Researchers… Read more »
Lilac successfully operates lithium extraction demo plant in Argentina
US-based Lilac Solutions, which is developing direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology, has demonstrated operation of its lithium extraction demonstration plant in Jujuy, Argentina. The plant uses Lilac’s fourth-generation ion exchange (IX) technology, achieving 91% lithium recovery from salar brine with a lithium grade of 300 mg/L and a 99.4% overall rejection of impurities including sodium,… Read more »
Scientists develop lithium-air battery design to increase energy storage
Scientists at the Illinois Institute of Technology and Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach based on a four-electron reaction process to produce lithium-air batteries that have higher energy density than current Li-ion technology. So far, lithium-air battery demonstrations have been limited to only one- or two-electron reaction processes, resulting in the formation of… Read more »