Boost in Nickel and Lithium Battery Chemistries along with Global EV sales
An increase of up to 83% year-on-year global Electric Vehicles (EVs) sales was observed by Adamas Intelligence based on its 2021 analyses. Reports also showed that 268.2 GWh of electricity was spent on EVs, particularly in the plug-in electric vehicles alone, which include both battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), recording […]
Call for Vanadium deposit exploration to bring down supply-demand curve
While the need for Vanadium intensifies over the years, as seen in the 45% increase in its demand in 2020, the shortage in its known deposits gatekeeps the supply chain into fully utilizing its promising properties in defense and steelmaking, aerospace, nuclear power, and potential long term energy storage for grid-scale electricity. Only three countries, […]
Tesla Battery Metals Bill Balloons to $100 Billion
Originally posted on Mining.com Elon Musk congratulates Tesla’s Shanghai gigafactory workers after producing one million vehicles. Image: Tesla via Twitter Elon Musk had plenty of advice for the mining and metals industry at the company’s Battery Day event in September 2020, where the road map to a $25,000 Tesla was laid out. A couple of […]
Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz team up with Canada in battery materials push
Originally Posted on Mining.com Image from Volkswagen. German carmakers Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday intensified efforts to secure access to key battery materials lithium, nickel and cobalt by striking cooperation agreements with mineral-rich Canada. The move comes as automakers roll out their electric-vehicle expansion strategies globally in a bid to challenge sector leader Tesla. These […]
Prices of key metals for EV to soar higher over the next years
With the growing demand for electric vehicles (EVs) worldwide, a “war for raw materials” has been budding over the years, recording all-time high in the prices of the three key metals – lithium, nickel, and cobalt. Leading innovators and forecasters of transportation electrification that use these metals, such as Tesla and Rho Motion, respectively, are […]
Canada: Becoming supply giant to achieve climate goals
To combat the rapid regression of climate change, Prime Minister Trudeau continues to emphasize the importance of climate action and the potential key role of Canada in the production of critical minerals, specifically those new deposits for new electric batteries and modern technologies, in the new session of Parliament last January 31, 2022. With the […]
Nickel and Zinc are now on the Critical Minerals List
Nickel and zinc are now considered as critical metals by the US Geological Society (USGS) since more and more countries depend on the exports of only a few capable host countries such as Indonesia, South Africa, and Russia for Nickel, China, Peru, and United States for Zinc, and Canada and Australia for both metals. It […]
Nickel demand for electric vehicles, an opportunity for new nickel exploration
The increasing worldwide acceptance of electric vehicles, or EVs, to support the switch towards transport electrification and lessening the dependency on oil and petroleum means an upsurge in demand for the extraction and development of energy-efficient and cost-effective battery materials. Nickel is one of these important materials in EV batteries such as rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries […]
First phase of 800MWh world biggest flow battery commissioned in China
Originally posted on Energy Storage News by Andy Colthorpe Detail of cell stacks at the completed demonstration system at VRB Energy’s project in Hubei Province. Image: VRB Energy. Commissioning has taken place of a 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system in Dalian, China. The biggest project of its type in the world […]
Saudi Focus on Minerals Needed in Power Transition, EVs
Originally posted on Asharq Al-Awsat Riyadh – Fatehalrahman Youssef Saudi Arabia pushes to intensify mining investments amid focus on minerals with future demand (Asharq Al-Awsat) Saudi Vice-Minister for Mining Affairs Khalid Al-Mudaifer has predicted a fourfold increase in the demand for minerals used in clean energy technologies and electric vehicles by 2040. Al-Mudaifer stressed that […]