Lithium Brine Breakthrough Or Not, Thacker Pass Is Happening
New lithium mines will plug a gaping hole in the US EV battery supply chain until more sustainable, alternative sources emerge.
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EnergyX Aims New Solid-State EV Battery At The 500,000-Mile Car Of The Future
The US startup EnergyX is developing a sustainable lithium supply chain in support of a new 500,000-mile solid-state EV battery.
As Lithium Supply Battle Heats Up, Stellantis Pays A $100 Million Visit To Hell’s Kitchen
More EV battery activity is stirring over at the Hell’s Kitchen geothermal brine lithium supply project.
Lithium Extraction & Conversion from Geothermal Brines — 10 Projects Get $10.9 Million From US…
Offices: Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Technologies (AMMTO) and the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Funding Amount: $10.9 Million FOA Number: DE-FOA-0002823 Description On July 24, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $10.9 million for 10 projects across nine states that will advance innovative technologies to extract and convert battery-grade lithium from geothermal brine … [continued]
New Lithium StoryMap & the Future of Electrification
Explore the Potential of Geothermal in Developing Domestic Sources of Lithium Check out an outstanding new resource recently unveiled by the Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), available on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) website! A new Lithium StoryMap lays out the relationship between geothermal energy and lithium while exploring why the DOE … [continued]
Compass Minerals Found A Way To Convert Sustainable Lithium Brine To Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide
Compass Minerals has announced the success of the conversion testing of its sustainable lithium brine resource into both lithium carbonate and battery-grade lithium hydroxide. The testing was performed by a third party, Veolia Energy, which used a proven, commercially viable conversion process. The company stated that at a concentration of … [continued]
Digging Into Less Conventional Lithium Mining Options
A few weeks ago, one of our writers wrote up a story on the company Standard Lithium and its plan to get lithium for EV batteries in a new, innovative way. Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded on Twitter that he thought the approach had “a lot of potential.”
New California Law to Boost Sustainable Materials Industry
Do you think it is possible to mine lithium and manganese without actually excavating it from the ground? It is. And, unlike material mining in general, which technically causes destruction for every unit of minerals extracted, minerals such as lithium, manganese, and other minerals can be extracted from what … [continued]
