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Chinese steel group Tsingshan investing $375M to build lithium plant in Argentina with Eramet

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It is a key milestone in the deployment of our strategic roadmap which aims at positioning Eramet as a reference player in metals for the energy transition. Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. Fresh water is then used to release the stored lithium.

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Ningbo researchers propose mixed-ion Li/Na batteries

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Lithium-intercalation compounds and sodium-intercalation compounds are used for anode and cathode, respectively. Sodium-ion based rechargeable batteries (SIBs, e.g., earlier post ) are of interest due to sodium’s abundance, far lower prices, and a greener synthesis while maintaining a similarity in ion-insertion chemistry.

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