Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:53:38 +0000
A look at trends in the lithium industry, including forecasts for Tesla and reactions to Volkswagen Power Day.
Read moreCredit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:01:00 +0000
Recently, DeepGreen penned an open letter to BMW, Volvo, Google, and other brands about the importance of seafloor minerals and approached extraction cautiously with an exacting commitment to science-based impact analysis and environmental protection. I also interviewed DeepGreen’s CEO, Gerard Barron, via email last year. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of a second interview with […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2021 03:58:18 +0000
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan sits down with Howard Klein, Founder and Partner at RK Equity, to talk about the lithium, nickel, and graphite markets in the United States, North America, and Canada. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below […]
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Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2021 01:29:56 +0000
DeepGreen has written an open letter to various brands, such as BMW, Google, Samsung SDI, and Volvo. Before I dive in and share the open letter, I want to re-share what DeepGreen is: a deep-sea mining company that has a vision of a zero-carbon, circular economy with goals to source metals with the least environmental […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:29:23 +0000
Schlumberger New Energy has announced a new lithium extraction plant in Clayton Valley, Nevada, a pilot plant to be precise. This pilot plant is being developed by a subsidiary of Schlumberger New Energy, NeoLith Energy. The company claims an exceptionally sped up production process. “The NeoLith Energy sustainable approach uses a differentiated direct lithium extraction […]
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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 22:58:40 +0000
I’ve spoken to half a dozen or so EV battery mineral experts in the past several months with one prime objective: understanding how much battery mineral supply can ramp up by 2030 and what that means for potential market share of electric vehicles in the overall auto market. Naturally, my top hope would be getting […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:55:57 +0000
The European Commission’s proposal for the world’s first ever sustainable battery law can make batteries even cleaner than today and ensure their sourcing is ethical and environmentally responsible, green group Transport & Environment (T&E) has said
Read moreCredit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 03:00:18 +0000
Autoblog has reported that Tesla cofounder and longtime CTO J.B. Straubel has big plans for the battery industry. We already knew that, but we have some new perspective from the recent reporting
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 22:34:21 +0000
While many may think of lithium, cobalt, and maybe now nickel when they think of Tesla batteries, there are a lot more components that go into the creation of an electric vehicle’s battery. Mining.com earlier this year launched its EV Battery Metals Index to specifically measure the value of metals that are used in batteries