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EV Metal Index on course for record year

December 11, 2020December 15, 2020 admin

V Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery metals in newly registered passenger EVs (including hybrids) around the world fell back from the all-time high hit in September, but still recorded the third best month ever in October. The index was not only boosted by the overall increase in EV sales during the month of 71% year over year, but also the relative outperformance of full electric cars and plug-in hybrids which saw the total battery capacity increase 122% year on year to nearly 14,000 MWh, according to Adamas Intelligence,… Read More Here

EV Metal Index rockets to record high on cobalt, nickel price, use

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 admin

EV Metal Index, which tracks the value of battery metals in newly registered passenger EVs (including hybrids) around the world surged to an all-time high in September, rebounding from two-year lows struck at the height of the pandemic in April. There was a massive sequential jump in battery raw material deployed in September, according to data from Adamas Intelligence, which tracks demand for EV batteries by chemistry, cell supplier and capacity in over 90 countries. According to the Toronto-based researcher, during the month lithium used in newly-sold EVs nearly doubled from September 2019,… Read More Here

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Quebec funds battery mineral traceability project

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 admin

Quebec’s government has funded a pilot battery minerals traceability project being developed by smart vehicle organisation Propulsion Quebec and domestic producer Nouveau Monde Graphite. The government has awarded C$151,600 (US$116,000) to the Propulsion Québec-led project, which will generate data using Nouveau Monde’s graphite supply chain from mining to refining. Read More Here

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Carbon filler improves Lithium-ion battery performance

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 admin

New research published in Applied Physics Reviews claims to offer a solution to the issue of lithium-ion batteries not being able to provide high power output while simultaneously allowing reversible energy storage. The solution, presented by scientists with the University of Texas at Austin, Stony Brook University, and the Brookhaven National Laboratory shows how the inclusion of conductive fillers improves battery performance. In their paper, the researchers say the optimum battery design involves thick electrode structures to enhance energy density. However, such a design suffers from poor lithium-ion transport, a key step in… Read More Here

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Clean Long-duration Energy Storage ideal for Renewable Energy Plus Storage Solutions in Mining Microgrids

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 arnbethnic

Reliable, cost-effective energy supply 24×7 is an essential resource for successful mining operations, whether grid-connected or off-grid. In Africa, reliability of utility-sourced electricity is becoming more and more of a challenge, while off-grid diesel generation and the cost and logistics of fuel supply is increasingly problematic. And in both scenarios, the CO2 footprint and increasing carbon tax needs to be considered. The mining industry is therefore exploring the option of solar energy to partially substitute energy from current sources; however, solar energy on its own cannot be utilised 24×7 in… Read More Here

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Glencore in nickel supply talks with EV battery makers

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 admin

Global miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON: GLEN) is close to securing nickel supply deals with automakers and battery producers amid a looming squeeze in the market and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s recent call to miners to produce more of the metal. “A lot of the automobile guys and the battery guys are talking to us about nickel,” chief executive Ivan Glasenberg said during the Financial Times Mining Summit on Frida THE MARKET FOR BATTERY-GRADE NICKEL SHOULD BE IN A TIGHT BALANCE IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS AS DEMAND FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERY… Read More Here

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US takes stake in battery-metals firm to wean itself off China

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 admin

The US government has taken an equity stake in a battery-metals company in a move that undercuts dependence on China for a key material used in electric vehicles. TechMet received a $25-million investment from the US International Development Finance Corporation to help develop a Brazilian nickel and cobalt mine, the Dublin-based company said Monday in a statement. Cobalt is an important ingredient in cathodes of most electric-vehicle batteries and its refining capacity is largely under China’s control. “Investments in critical materials for advanced technology support development and advance US foreign… Read More Here

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Tesla unveils new 4680 battery cell

September 23, 2020September 24, 2020 admin

Tesla revealed its new ‘4680 cell’ at the company’s Battery Day, promising five times more energy capacity and six times more power than previous cells, key factors to fulfill its long-term objective to sell a low cost mass-market electric vehicle. The company also said it is planning to build its own cathode factory in North America, and when Elon Musk announced the company’s claim on 10,000-acre lithium clay deposit in Nevada, it signaled that Tesla is officially getting into the mining business. According to Tesla’s estimates, using its new extraction and… Read More Here

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5G technology to boost demand for cobalt, expected to reach 73,000 tonnes by 2025

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 arnbethnic

According to analysts, 5G technology will be one of the main consumers of cobalt within five years, with demand expected to drop from 45,000 tonnes this year to 73,000 tonnes in 2025, reports Agence Ecofin, which relayed Reuters. 5G could become the number one consumer of cobalt over the years, supplanting the electric vehicle sector which currently occupies the largest share of the global market. Indeed, the antenna of 5G stations requires rechargeable batteries more powerful, able to accumulate enough energy to allow its operation. In addition, the batteries used in… Read More Here

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Tesla “battery day” a possible blow to cobalt miners

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 admin

Elon Musk’s Tesla will hosts its annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 22, followed by the highly anticipated “battery technology day”, a worldwide live-streamed event during which the firm is expected to unveil its own new type of battery cell. Speculation points to a cobalt-free battery that uses more of less costly metals such as nickel and manganese. Tesla currently uses the nickel-cobalt-aluminum cathode chemistry, which has a low cobalt content of about 5%, for their cars produced outside China. The company also embraces the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) to identify red flags such as child labour in their cobalt sourcing.… Read More Here