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MARCH 22, 2018

China is stepping up its pursuit of control of the lithium supply chain, underpinned by the rapid growth of its lithium-ion battery industry building on agressive policy surrounding electric vehicle sales, according to metals and mining consultancy Roskill.

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JULY 9, 2018

Roskill Information Services forecasts that the lithium industry will need to add nearly 100kt of new lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production per year by 2027 to keep up with demand driven by the global transition to electric vehicles. Roskill launched its Lithium Cost Model Service in June 2018.

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JULY 9, 2018

Roskill Information Services forecasts that the lithium industry will need to add nearly 100kt of new lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production per year by 2027 to keep up with demand driven by the global transition to electric vehicles. Roskill launched its Lithium Cost Model Service in June 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Alliance, described the partnership as “ one of the most productive in the auto industry. ”. The truck will be built by Nissan in the Renault plant in Cordoba, Argentina, along with the Nissan NP300 and a Renault 1-ton truck, for Latin America. Nissan and Daimler will co-develop the vehicles.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Most of the world’s lithium comes from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Australia and China, but American resources being developed by new entrants into this market have set up the state of Nevada to become the key venue and proving ground for game-changing trade in this everyday mineral.

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JULY 20, 2016

Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018. While future demand from the automotive industry is significant, the real game changer for the lithium industry may be electrical grid storage.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Last year’s 12 percent slide by the Bloomberg Commodity Index —spurred by 20 percent-plus declines by industrial bellwethers like West Texas Intermediate crude, steel and platinum—came in the wake of two years of modest gains. On the contrary, certain emerging trends in the industry suggest just the opposite.

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APRIL 10, 2014

billion liters (951 million gallons), while Argentina took second place with 2.8 The United States and China have established-and Brazil has already achieved-targets of between 15 and 20% no later than 2022; India has also mandated 20% ethanol by 2017. billion of this was in industrial nations and $1.2 billion liters (1.2

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Many carmakers felt the effects of trade tensions between the world’s biggest economies, political changes in key markets, and new threats to the status quo of the industry. Last year could be considered as the beginning of a new era for the automotive industry. million SUVs were sold in 2018, with volume up by 7% on 2017.

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JULY 2, 2021

An editorial in the journal Nature calls on policy makers, industry leaders and researchers to mitigate quickly the environmental and human costs of Li-ion batteries. The market for Li-ion batteries is projected to grow from $30 billion in 2017 to some $100 billion in 2025.

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APRIL 2, 2018

The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.

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