Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

Lithium producer Galaxy Resources Ltd says prices for both technical and battery grade lithium carbonate in its key market, China, have risen significantly on the back of tight demand and supply fundamentals, with current prices up almost 17% on the same time last year. This means that as well as adhering to the 99.5%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2011

KORES ) and steelmaker POSCO has entered an agreement with Bolivia’s state-run miner Comibol (Corporación Minera de Bolivia) to set up a joint venture to produce lithium intended for lithium-ion batteries. The global lithium market has been expanding by 6% annually since 2000, according to KORES.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. By sourcing lithium from a second supplier, we are securing requirements for production of our current fifth generation of battery cells. The value of the multi-year contract will total around €285 million.

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2022

LG Energy Solutions’ global communications team informed Teslarati that Rainer Zietlow set a new Guinness World Record with a Volkswagen ID.4 4 GTX powered by LG Energy Solution batteries. . The world-record driver drove up the dormant Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia, reaching 5,816 meters in altitude. Family since 2016.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

While other commodities are floundering or completely collapsing in this market, lithium—the critical mineral in the emerging battery gigafactory war—is poised to explode, and going forward Nevada is emerging as the front line in this pending American lithium boom. Without lithium, there will be no battery gigafactories.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

EnergyX’s technologies can make lithium metal directly from brine and potentially in anode-ready form for EV batteries, which enables more cost-effective and sustainable lithium recovery to unlock a vast lithium supply chain in North America that may otherwise be unviable.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

Driven by the rise of battery gigafactories and game-changing Powerwall and energy storage businesses, the world now finds itself at the beginning of a lithium super cycle that is all about securing new supply, much of which is poised to come from lithium superstar Argentina. Remember—this is one man, one company.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The lithium sector in South America’s "lithium triangle," which spans Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, has long been central to the global race for extracting the battery metal needed for electric vehicles. Experts forecast a potential supply shortfall by the end of the decade, just as global EV demand begins to rise sharply.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This is approximately half of global production. Australia is the global leader in lithium production in 2021, with Chile (26,000 tonnes), China (14,000 tonnes), and Argentina (6,200 […].

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

The company purchased the Rincon project from Rincon Mining in 2022 for USD 825 mn, and plans to develop a battery-grade lithium carbonate plant with an annual capacity of 3,000 tons. Rio Tinto said it is working with local communities and authorities to ensure environmental standards.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

” The move aligns with India’s broader strategy to secure essential minerals from resource-rich nations globally. V L Kantha Rao, India’s top bureaucrat in the mining ministry, had previously hinted at the country’s interest in lithium assets, mentioning preliminary discussions with Bolivia in December.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 6, 2024

The desert holds the main deposits of the mineral in Chile, which is part of Latin America’s “lithium triangle” with Argentina and Bolivia. The desert holds the main deposits of the mineral in Chile, which is part of Latin America’s “lithium triangle” with Argentina and Bolivia.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. We will own the battery. We will always own the batteries,&# said Mr. Thesen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

We’re thinking about what this means for the world of batteries and all sorts of other components that are really mission critical for our company and our capability,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said last year. The company shut down orders after reaching 200,000 units, citing a shortage of lithium-ion batteries. The issue [now] is batteries.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

EV Numbers Are Growing, But Their Batteries Need a Key Mineral. Globally, 27 percent of all passenger vehicles are forecasted to be EV by 2030. GM projects more than $1 million in EV sales globally by 2025. EVs run on lithium-ion batteries. domestic supply of lithium. billion in EV production. billion in EV production.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

There have been concerns about the rise in electric vehicle adoption leading to human rights issues, especially due to the increased need for some metals related to battery production, which are sometimes mined in difficult conditions. The bulk of the concerns revolve around cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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