In just 5 years, China flipped the battery game. LFP—born in the US, perfected by BYD & CATL—now powers most EVs. Safe, cheap, cobalt & nickel-free. Western analysts missed it. Policy + pragmatism > hype. Edison’s dream was realized… in China, not Detroit. 
#LFP #EVrevolution #BYD #CATL #Lithium
The Battery Bet That Changed t...
Fraunhofer IPM und das KIT forschen an einer optischen Methode zur Echtzeitüberwachung des Lithiumgehalts bei der direkten Lithiumextraktion. Sie soll die Effizienz bei der kommerziellen Lithiumgewinnung steigern. #Lithium #DLE #Fraunhofer #KIT
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/05/27/effiziente-lithiumgewinnung-durch-innovative-messtechnik
https://www.europesays.com/uk/134012/ The European Union Brings Key Financial Delegation to Discuss Investments in Lithium and Copper #Argentina #cobre #copper #EU #Europe #European #EuropeanUnion #eventos #Events #Gold #Lithium #litio #minería #Mining #News #noticias #oro #PanoramaMinero #plata #Silver
#Internationale #Energieagentur meldet #Batterierohstoff-Preisverfall
Der teuerste Bestandteil eines #EAutos ist – noch – der #Akku. Der aktuell kräftige #Preisverfall für deren #Rohstoffe könnte zu konkurrenzfähigen Preisen führen.
Kritische #Rohstoffe für die Produktion von #EAuto-Akkus wie #Kobalt, #Lithium und #Graphit werden trotz steigender Nachfrage günstiger. Vor allem die Länder #China, #Indonesien und die #DemokratischeRepublik #Kongo...
Infinity Lithium ( #INF ) has released " San Jose Update " on Tue 20 May at 08:53 AEST #government #Lithium #rise #Capital
https://grafa.com/asset/infinity-lithium-corporation-ltd-7769-inf.asx?utm_source=asxmktsensitive&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=inf.asx
Warum mögen Minenbesitzer #Cannabis nicht? [als #Konkurrenz]
#Lithium VS
+++ #Hanfbatterien +++
#Hanfgeschichten #Kultur #Kulturgeschichten #Kulturkampf #Geldwäsche
#Energiewende #Kreislaufwirtschaft #Klimaschutz ist #Menschenschutz #WEEDMoB #FridaysFORFUTURE
#Bayern #Politik #politics #DIELINKE #SPD #Grüne #Hanf #hemp
#Interessen durchsetzen? WIE? #Eugenik #Faschismus #Machtinstrument #Brutalisierung der #Gesellschaft
Die #LDK von #Buendnis90Gruene #Sachsen hat wichtige Anträge beschlossen.
u.a. den von LAG #Ökologie (DANK an
@ulrikeluise + @vorstadtgruen u.a.) "Für die Bewahrung unserer #ökologischen Lebensgrundlagen – #Osterzgebirge vor erneuter Umweltzerstörung schützen" zu geplantem #Lithium -Abbau im #Erzgebirge. Der Abbau ist sowohl hinsichtl. ökologischen Belangen als auch hinsichtlich der wirtschaftl., fachlichen + ethischen Grundlagen höchst fraglich (#Lithium-Gehalt im Gestein beträgt nur 0,2-0,25%, das Gestein ist mithin #erzarm); -> ein erneuter #Bergbau darf nur unter höchsten #ökologischen Standards erfolgen; Der Erhalt unserer Lebensgrundlagen hat höchste Priorität; für Genehmigungsverfahren dürfen nur externe unabhängige Gutachtende hinzugezogen werden, zwischen
#Bergrecht und #naturschutzfachlichen Belangen ist klar zu trennen
On the other hand:
“A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy”
https://www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-fuel-economy-requires-535x
A dilemma.. “for Europe, as the continent races to start extracting and producing minerals like lithium that are critical to the clean energy transition, instead of relying on imports from China and other emerging economies….
communities where the resources are located question whether they will benefit from their exploitation.”
Reporterre
En Serbie, la lutte contre le lithium alimente une révolte historique
https://mcinformactions.net/en-serbie-la-lutte-contre-le-lithium-alimente-une-revolte-historique
#Serbie #lithium #Riotinto #resistances
#sodium #battery #US #EU #Asia work together?
Would be awesome :D
They are more (-)heavy but (+)very safe (+) no problem with high or low temperature (+) no problem with low discharge
they can handle it all
But (-) amount of cycles (longevity) was a problem that needs to be worked on
For comparison: check cycle amounts of #lithium #titanate !!!! :D
→ Course dévastatrice aux minerais d’avenir
https://revue21.fr/article/mines-course-devastatrice/
« De l’extraction du lithium chilien à celle du nickel d’Indonésie en passant par le cobalt congolais, le photographe Davide Monteleone explore les sites dans lesquels les industries de la tech viennent puiser les ressources indispensables à la transition énergétique. »
Watched a hybrid doco "A Savana e a Montanha", a Portuguese movie abt how villagers in Covas do Barroso, a northern Portuguese community, unite 2stop a British company,Savanna Resources, from exploiting lithium in the region which was deemed a World Agric Heritage by the Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN in 2018. Very good storytelling with the villagers reenacting parts of the story and also funny.
Ja, @87Barner , das Problem #selteneErden und auch #Lithium sehe ich durchaus. Statt deswegen jedoch weiter die post-fossile #Transformation zu verzögern, plädiere ich auch als #Solarpunk für mehr #Recycling und die Entwicklung neuer #Batterie - Generationen. #Elektroautos erlebe ich seit 2017 als systematisch schlecht geredet. #Renault vs. #Fossilismus https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/batterien-fuer-elektroautos-laenger-haltbar-immer-mehr-fossile-luegen-werden-entlarvt/
EcoGraf secures second Australian patent for HFfree tech - published 07 May 2025 #government #Australia #Strategy #ASX #Lithium
https://grafa.com/news/technology-ecograf-secures-second-australian-patent-for-hffree-tech-426983?utm_source=asx_news_en&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=426983
#SodiumBatteries offer an alternative to tricky #lithium
Lithium is relatively scarce and mostly refined in China. Sodium is neither
Oct 26th 2023
Excerpt: "Fortunately, lithium is not the only game in town. As we report this week, a clutch of firms are making batteries based on sodium, lithium’s elemental cousin. Since sodium’s chemical properties are very similar to those of lithium, it too makes for good batteries. And sodium, which is found in the salt in seawater, is thousands of times more abundant on Earth than lithium and cheaper to get at. Most of the companies using sodium to make batteries today are also Chinese. But pursuing the technology in the West might be a surer route to energy security than relying heavily on lithium.
"Besides its abundance, sodium has other advantages. The best lithium batteries use #cobalt and 3nickel in their electrodes. Nickel, like lithium, is in short supply. #Mining it on land is #environmentally destructive. Proposals to grab it from the #seabed instead have caused rows. A good deal of the world’s cobalt, meanwhile, is extracted from small mines in the Democratic Republic of #Congo, where child labour is common and working conditions are dire. Sodium batteries, by contrast, can use electrodes built from iron and manganese, which are plentiful and uncontroversial. Since the chemical components are cheap, a scaled-up industry should be able to produce batteries that cost less than their lithium counterparts.
"Sodium is not a perfect replacement for lithium. It is heavier, meaning sodium batteries will weigh more than lithium ones of an equivalent capacity. That is likely to rule them out in some cases where lightness is paramount. But for other applications, such as grid storage or home batteries, weight is irrelevant. Several Chinese carmakers are even beginning to put sodium batteries in electric vehicles.
"Perhaps the biggest disadvantage of sodium batteries is their late start. #LithiumIon batteries were first commercialised in the 1990s and have benefited from decades of investment. But the rest of the world is behind China on both fronts anyway. America and the European Union have announced enormous programmes of green industrial subsidies. If they are determined to bankroll batteries, some of the pot should go to sodium."
Read more:
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7x6JX#
Patriot Battery Metals advances permitting process for Shaakichiuwaanaan Li... - published 02 May 2025 #government #Mining #Metals #ASX #Lithium
https://grafa.com/news/mining-patriot-battery-metals-advances-permitting-process-for-shaakichiuwaanaan-lithium-project-426438?utm_source=asx_news_en&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=426438
Ukraine and US Sign ‘Equal’ Critical Minerals Partnership, Zelensky Says https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/05/ukraine-and-us-sign-equal-critical.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon Follow, Like & Share #Ukraine #USPartnership #CriticalMinerals #Zelensky #Lithium
https://www.europesays.com/2041233/ Intilion to provide 81MWh BESS for Germany project #EnergyStorageEurope #germany #intilion #lithium-ion #RenewablesIntegration #SystemIntegrator #SystemIntegrators
