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Tsinghua researchers conclude surging lithium price will not impede EV boom

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The 426% year-on-year increase of LFP battery deployment in the second half of 2021 effectively contained the demands and price volatilities of cobalt and nickel. Lithium-free batteries such as sodium-ion batteries could play similar roles in seg- ments where the specific energy requirement is low.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements.

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