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05.02.26 - 08:06
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China′s CATL tests EVs – and lithium′s dominance – with pioneering sodium-ion battery (SCMP)
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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has deployed the world's first sodium-ion batteries in passenger cars, as it aims to stay ahead in China's fiercely competitive electric vehicle (EV) market amid price volatility in traditional lithium-ion batteries.
The company's new Naxtra battery will be installed in China Changan Automobile Group EVs this week for winter testing in the chilly Inner Mongolia autonomous region in the country's north.
“The breakthroughs in sodium-ion technology bring......
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03.02.26 - 17:42
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The lithium boom: could a disused quarry bring riches to Cornwall? (The Guardian)
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Known as 'white gold', lithium is among the most important mined elements on the planet – ideal for the rechargeable batteries used in tech products. Can Europe's largest deposit bring prosperity to the local community?It looks more like the past than the future. A vast chasm scooped out of a scarred landscape, this is a Cornwall the summer holidaymakers don't see: a former china clay pit near St Austell called Trelavour. I'm standing at the edge of the pit looking down with the man who says his plans for it will help the UK's transition to renewable energy and bring back year-round jobs and prosperity to a part of the country that badly needs both. “And if I manage to make some money in the process, fantastic,” he says. “Though that is not what it's about.”We'll return to him shortly. But first to the past, when this story begins, about 275-280m years ago. “There was a continental collision at the time,” Frances Wall, professor of applied mineralogy at the Camborne School of Mines a...
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27.01.26 - 14:48
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Portugal: Streit um Lithium-Abbau geht weiter (DW)
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In Portugal gibt es große Lithiumvorkommen. Ein geplantes Bergwerk im Norden des Landes bleibt jedoch umstritten. EU und Regierung sind dafür, die Anwohner wehren sich - seit sieben Jahren....
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27.01.26 - 06:39
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Lithiumabbau im Erzgebirge: Zwei Projekte, viele Hürden (DPA-AFX)
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ZINNWALD-GEORGENFELD/CINOVEC (dpa-AFX) - Die heimische Rohstoffgewinnung rückt in Deutschland stärker in den Fokus. Aus keinem Land in der EU hat es in diesem Januar mehr Bewerbungen um den Status eines kritischen Rohstoffprojekts bei der EU-Kommission ......
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