Lithium Americas has received a strategic investment of $250 million from funds managed by Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm focused on metal and materials projects, for the development and construction of Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass lithium project in Humboldt County, Nevada. The target for completion of Thacker Pass Phase 1 is… Read more »
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Elevated Materials launches to supply lithium battery films
Elevated Materials is a newly formed independent company that aims to supply ultra-thin, uniform lithium films for batteries for EVs, eVTOLs and e-aircraft, energy storage systems and consumer electronics. The company’s technology can be applied across graphite, silicon and lithium metal anodes. The company has received investments from TPG’s Rise Climate fund and Applied Materials…. Read more »
Aramco forms Saudi lithium JV with Ma’aden
Saudi energy firm Aramco and mining and metals company Ma’aden have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in Saudi Arabia to potentially start lithium production by 2027. The proposed JV aims to extract lithium from high-concentration deposits and advance direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies to help meet growing demand domestically and globally. Lithium… Read more »
E3 Lithium advances battery-grade lithium testing methods
Canadian lithium development company E3 Lithium is participating in the ISO TC 333 lithium mirror committee through the Standards Council of Canada (SCC). ISO TC 333 is an international technical committee focused on developing standardized methods for the determination of lithium product quality. One of the issues that challenges the sales of lithium products is… Read more »
Pure Lithium and Saint-Gobain Ceramics to produce lithium-selective membranes for batteries
US-based lithium battery technology company Pure Lithium has signed a joint development agreement with Saint-Gobain Ceramics to accelerate the production of Pure Lithium’s selective, water-blocking membranes for lithium metal anode production from brine. Pure Lithium has also invented a flexible lithium conducting membrane for next-generation lithium metal battery applications, which can serve as both a… Read more »
Altilium and Helm partner to develop a sustainable domestic lithium supply chain in the UK
UK-based clean technology group Altilium has announced a new partnership with LevertonHELM, the UK subsidiary of German chemical firm HELM, to develop a sustainable domestic supply chain for lithium in the UK. By combining Altilium’s expertise in recovering battery materials from spent batteries with LevertonHELM’s lithium production capabilities, the partnership aims to reduce the UK’s… Read more »
Volkswagen invests C$69 million in Patriot Battery Metals for PowerCo supply
German automaker Volkswagen is investing C$69 million ($48 million) to acquire a 9.9% stake in lithium exploration company Patriot Battery Metals and secure an offtake commitment for its battery manufacturer PowerCo to supply 100,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate per year over a 10-year term and a potential 5-year extension period. Patriot will use the proceeds from… Read more »
T&E study finds recycling battery metals could supply up to a quarter of Europe’s EVs by 2030
Materials recovered from end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap have the potential to build up to 2.4 million EVs in Europe by the end of the decade, cutting the continent’s reliance on mineral imports, according to research by non-governmental sustainability group Transport & Environment (T&E). Recycling spent battery cells and production scrap could provide 14% of… Read more »
Boston-based Pure Lithium acquires cathode materials provider Dimien
Boston-based lithium metal battery technology company Pure Lithium has acquired the assets of private US vanadium cathode materials company Dimien. The purchase aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of Pure Lithium’s lithium metal vanadium (LVO) battery. Dr. Brian Schultz, Dimien founder and CEO, will become Pure Lithium’s VP of Business Development and Technology, and… Read more »
Rio Tinto to acquire Arcadium Lithium in $6.7-billion deal
British-Australian multinational mining and metals company Rio Tinto and global lithium producer Arcadium Lithium, headquartered in Ireland, have made an agreement under which Rio Tinto will acquire Arcadium in an all-cash transaction for $5.85 per share. The deal will bring Arcadium’s lithium business into Rio Tinto’s portfolio of commodities that include aluminum, copper, high-grade iron… Read more »
