ZincFive has closed an oversubscribed Series F funding round this month, raising $30 million. That brings its total funding raised to $254 million since the company was founded nearly a decade ago in 2016. The aim of the funding is to help with rapid scaling of its commercial footprint and … [continued]
Critical minerals, such as copper, cobalt, and silicon, are vital for energy technologies, but most critical minerals markets are less transparent than mature energy markets, such as crude oil or coal. Like other energy markets, many supply-side and demand-side factors influence pricing for these energy-relevant critical minerals, but critical minerals supply chains contain … [continued]
How Europe should finance transition mineral projects effectively and responsibly. As Europe accelerates its efforts to secure the supply of critical raw materials vital for clean energy technologies, including batteries, ensuring diverse supply chains will be key. Several initiatives such as Strategic Partnerships, Clean Trade & Investment Partnerships, Global Gateway … [continued]
The Philippines may be at a critical juncture in the global electric vehicle revolution. Possessing a geological advantage that few nations can claim, it is one of the world’s largest nickel producers, yet captures only a fraction of the mineral’s value in the battery supply chain. In 2024, the Philippines … [continued]
A team of scientists across several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has unraveled how light and a previously unknown form of certain nickel-based catalysts together unlock and preserve reactivity. This research, described in the journal Nature Communications, could potentially advance the use of abundant nickel in place of more expensive … [continued]
The EU needs to be more strategic in its choice of partners, while balancing its own strengths with the partner countries’ needs. A new acronym is born in Brussels: CTIP. These “Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships” promise to take Europe’s resource diplomacy to new highs. The EU Clean Industrial Deal commits to … [continued]
The electric vehicle revolution is genuinely in full swing, with almost one out of every 4 new vehicles having a plug in 2024. The core element of that revolution is the batteries, and the essence of those batteries is a handful of metals. So, the most critical conundrum is how … [continued]
New “Supercell” EV batteries are made with the help of high-tech atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, adapted for commercial use to reduce costs and enhance performance.
Researchers have developed a new cathode for lithium ion batteries that is a drop-in replacement for cobalt and nickel.
A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.
