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According to researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), a recently discovered family of two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors could pave the way for high-performance and energy-efficient electronics. Their findings, published in npj 2D Materials and Applications, may lead to the fabrication of semiconductor devices applicable in mainstream electronics and optoelectronics—and even potentially replace silicon-based device technology altogether.

Tech Xplore

Towards more energy-efficient 2D semiconductor devices

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology propose the idea of using feldspars found in mine tailings as part of a potential cheaper catalyst for hydrogen fuel production.

Mining.com

How mining waste can be used for hydrogen fuel production

One drill hole intersected nickel-copper mineralization grading 7.97% Ni and 11.25% Cu.

Talon Metals hits record nickel, copper grades at Tamarack

Around the turn of the millennium, hedge fund investors put an audacious bet on coal mining in the US. The bet failed – but it was the workers and the environment that paid the price. Once or twice a generation, Americans rediscover Appalachia. Sometimes, they come to it through caricature – the cartoon strip Li’l Abner or the child beauty pageant star Honey Boo Boo or, more recently, Buckwild, a reality show about West Virginia teenagers, which MTV broadcast with subtitles. Occasionally, the encounter is more compassionate. In 1962, the social critic Michael Harrington published The Other America, which called attention to what he described as a “vicious circle of poverty” that “twists and deforms the spirit”. Around the turn of this century, hedge funds in New York and its environs took a growing interest in coalmines. Coal never had huge appeal to Wall Street investors – mines were dirty, old-fashioned and bound up by union contracts that made them difficult to buy and sell. But in the late 1990s, the growing economies of Asia began to consume more and more energy, which investors predicted would drive up demand halfway around the world, in Appalachia. In 1997, the Hobet mine, a 25-year-old operation in rural West Virginia, was acquired for the first time by a public company, Arch Coal. It embarked on a major expansion, dynamiting mountaintops and dumping the debris into rivers and streams. As the Hobet mine grew, it consumed the ridges and communities around it. Seen from the air, the mine came to resemble a giant grey amoeba – 22 miles from end to end – eating its way across the mountains. 

The Guardian

When Wall Street came to coal country: how a big-money gamble scarred Appalachia

Redwood Materials plans to open a $1 billion U.S. plant to make cathode and anode materials that will be needed for electric vehicle batteries by 2025.

Forbes

Tesla Cofounder’s Recycling Startup Plans To Become EV Battery Material Powerhouse

Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found a way to prevent internal short-circuits, the main cause of fires in lithium (Li)-ion batteries.

A new technology that can prevent Li-ion battery fires

According to IDTechEx, previous predictions of 2021 EV sales were a massive underestimation.

EV sales to reach 5m units in 2021 with trucks, boats entering the race

Aluminum has surged about 14% over the past three weeks as supply risks increase throughout the industry.

Aluminum price hits $3,000 for first time since 2008 on supply disruptions

NASA has granted a research team from the University of Arizona $500,000 to develop robots able to mine, excavate and even build simple structures on the Moon's surface.

Scientists working on autonomous swarms of robots to mine the Moon

Global mined zinc production will grow at the fastest pace since 2012 in 2021.

Robust metals price outlook softens in 2022 – reports

A record 227 people were killed in 2020 for standing up against developments, including mining projects, a report by Global Witness shows.

Murders of environment and land defenders hit record high – report

In remote northern Ontario, hundreds of kilometres from the nearest railway or paved road, the world’s largest mining group and an Australian metals tycoon are in a bidding war for a deposit containing millions of tonnes of nickel.

The battle between BHP and Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals for the asset’s owner Noront Resources comes as miners race to meet surging demand for battery metals as electric vehicles go mainstream.


Financial Times

Miners race for nickel as electric car revolution looms

A materials company in Alameda, California, has spent the last decade working to boost the energy stored in lithium-ion batteries, an advance that could enable smaller gadgets and electric vehicles with far greater range.

Sila has developed silicon-based particles that can replace the graphite in anodes and hold more of the lithium ions that carry the current in a battery.

MIT Technology Review

Lithium-ion batteries just made a big leap in a tiny product

The company said it wants to slash the cost of its batteries by at least 30%, primarily by looking for lower cost materials and a more efficient way to structure its battery cells.

Toyota To Spend $13.5 Billion By 2030 On Battery Production

High-performance batteries are key to the comprehensive roll-out of e-mobility. ETH Pioneer Fellow Paul Baade is looking into how to manufacture them more cost-effectively.

High-performance batteries for transporting mobility into the future

The success of either bid will put high-profile Ring of Fire nickel asset in Australian hands.

Noront receives official Wyloo offer, trumping BHP bid

Landmark 39% increase follows the integration of the Ngungaju lithium resource and successful development drilling programs.

Pilbara Minerals lifts Pilgangoora lithium resource

Why the creation of an International Minerals Agency would be essential to the regulation of this strategic global issue and how it could facilitate the dialogue between producers and consumers, bringing together States, industrialists, multilateral and non-governmental organizations.

IFRI

Critical Metals: the need for an International Minerals Agency

The global shift towards electrification is propelling mining companies to extract the essential metals used as inputs of the electric vehicle (EV) market.



ESI Africa

Analytics shows EV revolution to underpin metals demand

Call it cross-pollination: Mining companies in Australia are taking up projects in Canada and Canadian mining companies are enthusiastic about projects in Australia.

Australia Snapshot: Eight companies to watch

The issues surrounding the use of lithium ion batteries as back up storage for renewable energy in power generation are numerous and well documented.

Bill Gates-Backed Startup Might Change The Renewable Energy Storage Game

"The only way is up for lithium demand," says Fastmarkets.

Soaring EV demand keeps driving lithium price

Mining People: Argentina Lithium, Arianne Phosphate, Canterra, Cassiar Gold, Cypress Dev, Frontier Lithium, Generation, Solaris, Xander

Ontario is a world-class destination for the mining industry.

Ontario Snapshot: Eight companies to watch

Conventional processes for manufacturing battery electrodes involve mostly toxic solvents and require a lot of space and energy. This is not the case with DRYtraec—a new dry-coating process developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS. The technology is environmentally friendly and cost effective and can be used on a large scale, giving it the potential to revolutionize the manufacturing of battery electrodes.

Environmentally friendly manufacture of battery electrodes

Fitbits, car windows, oil refineries—the roll call of devices and technologies that rely on ultra-small sensors already numbers in the hundreds of billions.

Putting batteries on a chip could enable wearable sensors

BHP and Caterpillar announced that they are accelerating the development and deployment of zero-emissions mining trucks at BHP sites.

BHP, CAT strengthen alliance to develop zero-emission mining trucks

Quebec graphite developer Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU) has joined the Global Battery Alliance, an initiative of the World Economic Forum that [&#8230;]

Quebec’s Nouveau Monde joins Global Battery Alliance

Three-month nickel on the London Metal Exchange also touched its highest since July 30.

Nickel price soars to record in Shanghai on strong demand, low stocks

The LMEpassport stores electronic Certificates of Analysis (CoAs) or quality assurance documents based on a metal’s size, shape, purity and other characteristics.

LME launches digital sustainability passport for aluminum, other metals

Researchers at the University of Southern California propose introducing “stretch” into battery materials so they can be cycled repeatedly without structural fatigue.

Scientists ‘stretch’ Li-ion batteries storage capacity, lifespan

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surpasses 2020 full year total in just six months as lithium, cobalt and nickel prices bounce and tonnes deployed globally set records.

Value of battery metals in new electric cars  already beyond 2020 total

Energy Trend

Electrolyte Supplier Capchem Plans to Invest RMB 1.5 Billion in New Plant in Netherlands; Construction Is Underway for Its New Plant in Poland

The company is reminding shareholders that BHP's C$0.55-per-share friendly bid is the only one that's officially been made.

Noront tells Wyloo to make its offer official

The study shows an after-tax internal rate of return (IRR) of 25.4% and net present value (NPV) of $127.9 million.

Silver Elephant releases PEA for vanadium project in Nevada

A high-performance version of the zinc-ion battery will enable stationary energy storage that promises to be cheaper, safer and more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries.

Electric gains in battery performance

The Australian company is now offering C$0.70 per share for the junior, besting BHP’s friendly bid of C$0.55 per share.

Wyloo fights for Noront with beefed up bid, sends shares higher

Acquisition is part of the company's plan to create a potential lithium production hub in the Abitibi region of Quebec.

Piedmont, Sayona complete Canadian lithium miner buy

Electric vehicle penetration rates in auto production should rise above 50% by 2030.

Cobalt producers in a race to cover the growing supply gap – BofA report

There may be merits to mining the seabed, but investing in alternative green technologies on land should be the priority. Deep-sea mining has become one of our planet’s most divisive problems. By stripping the ocean floor of its vast mineral wealth, proponents say we can obtain the cobalt, manganese, nickel and copper we urgently need for the green technologies – the electric vehicles, batteries and wind turbines – that must replace our carbon-emitting cars, power plants and factories. The only alternative to these deep-sea sources lies on land, where a huge expansion of mines would trigger environmental havoc: more sinkholes, devastated wildlife and polluted soil and groundwater. It is therefore time to plunder the riches of the deep to save our planet’s smouldering landscapes, it is argued. These proposals are rejected outright by many scientists and green activists who say the colossal deep-sea dredging that would be involved in raising these minerals would trash swaths of ocean floor and wipe out precious, slow-growing animals and plants, while clouds of toxic sediments would be sent spiralling up from the deep, destroying marine food chains in the process. Deep-sea mining will only worsen our ecological woes, they maintain. 

The Observer view on the pros and cons of deep-sea mining | Observer editorial

Tesla has to balance increasing demand for EVs and the fact that stakeholders want every step of the process of building a car to be respectful towards the environment and communities.

Tesla needs to perform delicate balancing act when it comes to lithium mining – expert

Deal that hands China’s largest lithium producer control over the Bacanora lithium mine in Mexico.

Bacanora Lithium accepts Ganfeng’s $391 million-takeover offer

US media regurgitates a 2010 New York Times frontpage story on Afghanistan’s mineral riches based on a secret Pentagon memo and a 1977 Soviet geologic map.

How Afghanistan’s $1 trillion mining wealth sold the war

The Gibellini vanadium project, in Nevada, the Manitoba-based Minago nickel project and certain battery metals royalties will be stand-alone companies.

Silver Elephant to spin-out battery metals assets

An international team of researchers led by Stanford University have developed rechargeable batteries that can store up to six times more charge than ones that are currently commercially available.

Researchers make rechargeable batteries that store six times more charge

Lithium ion batteries are a bit famous for their poor cold-weather performance, and that has consequences for some of their most important applications—everything from starting an electric car in a Wisconsin winter to flying a drone on Mars.

How extreme cold can crack lithium-ion battery materials, degrading performance

The company has achieved 97.4% extraction using warm sulfuric acid leach on the TLC claystone mineralization.

American Lithium reports best extraction results to date, shares up

A new technique can structure bubbles by vibrating particles.

Bringing order to chaotic bubbles can make mining more sustainable

Tesla wants to ramp global sales. A key to doing so, it says, is recycling its batteries.

What Are The Keys To EV Success? Tesla Is Focused On Battery Recycling

Ramp-up in green policies supportive of battery metals.

Higher metal prices to push exploration budgets up in 2022, says S&P Global

Battery | Battery Metals

China has unveiled plans to consolidate the country’s electric vehicle (EV) industry, which Beijing believes is unable to evolve as it has far too many players.


Russia Today

China sets out to reign in country’s bloated EV industry

Greg Patton says he's not like other mechanics with more than 40 years of greasy auto repair experience because he gets the coming electric vehicle future.

How auto techs, trade schools are prepping for EV future

Fundraising comes after start-up began construction of a plant in north-east England to build electric car batteries 

Gigafactory business Britishvolt valued at more than $1bn

Reliability is one of the biggest challenges in developing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, demand for which is projected by Deloitte to grow from 2.5 million vehicles in 2020 to 31 million by 2030.

Mer Chooses Driivz To Manage EV Charging Network In Norway, Sweden

Nikola Corp. offered the public a look at the production line the company is counting on to start delivering trucks to customers in the wake of its founder being charged with securities fraud.

Nikola showcases German plant nearing first production of electric trucks

Why the largest lithium mine in the world could be sitting in America's unwanted gadgets

This Tesla co-founder has a plan to recycle your EV batteries

Welcome to the Hyperdrive daily briefing, decoding the revolution reshaping the auto world, from EVs to self-driving cars and beyond.

Bloomberg

EV Battery Prices Risk Reversing Downward Trend as Metals Surge

There’s no shortage of excitement for electric vehicle battery startups or multibillion dollar investments in the industry, as companies, backers and scientists look for the winning play. China, though, is already moving on to the next leg in the race — one that isn’t dependent on a big, bold breakthrough — with sodium-ion batteries. Done right, this technology could lead to widespread adoption in a market largely dependent on subsidies and where EV sales are still a fraction of all cars.

Mint

The next best electric car battery is here, cheaper than ever

The transportation sector drives nearly a quarter of carbon emissions globally, so there is a clear need to decarbonize transportation. Electric vehicles (EVs) are a leading choice. While next-generation electric cars and long-haul trucks have generated considerable fanfare, electric transit buses far outnumber electric trucks and are a largely overlooked — but more accessible — option. 



GreenBiz

How electrified, equitable mobility can transform US cities

Lithium prices have jumped to their highest in more than three years thanks to an upsurge in electric vehicle sales, depleting stocks of the battery material in top consumer China.



Reuters

Surge in electric vehicle sales power lithium prices as shortages loom

China's output and newly-installed volume of power batteries hit fresh highs in August from rapid developments in the country's new energy vehicle (NEV) industry.



Argus Media

China's August EV battery output hits new highs

The race to make electric vehicles is turning some places into winners. Normal, Ill., is one of them. But it has seen good times go sour in the past.

The New York Times

Can a Green-Economy Boom Town Be Built to Last?

Grid constraints mean many houses in California would not be able to access solar panels, electric vehicles or space and water heaters, Berkeley researchers found, typically affecting poorer, Black communities and exacerbating existing energy inequality.

California’s Grid Capacity Could Undermine Its Clean Energy Drive And Access Among Poorer Households, Study Finds

Dundee installs pop-up EV chargers in pilot project ahead of 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars.

How a polluted Scottish city is driving UK switch to electric vehicles

Compared with most other sectors, the global defense industry remains at an early stage of its journey to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This isn’t entirely surprising: safety, reliability, and performance have been and will continue to be the paramount requirements of customers in the armed forces. Many defense systems and supporting infrastructure are also inherently more difficult to decarbonize than in most other sectors. As a result, it’s conceivable that the global defense industry’s contribution to worldwide CO2 emissions could soar from 2% today to 25% by 2050—unless contractors work more aggressively to reduce their carbon footprints.

The Growing Climate Stakes for the Defense Industry

Auto Part Supplier Denso Rakes in Big Money Thanks to EVs

The United States has about 100,000 public chargers, far fewer than Europe and China. It needs 10 times as many, auto experts say, to complete the switch from combustion engine vehicles.

Biden’s Electric Car Plans Hinge on Having Enough Chargers

Tesla's supercharger network is the best, but getting their CHAdeMO adapter offers the best of both worlds, filling in gaps and is often like having a car with more range.

You Want Tesla’s CHAdeMO Adapter For EV Roadtrips — Form A Club

Rising costs may have to be passed on to automobile makers and their customers

Battery recalls and supply crunch challenge electric vehicle revolution 

The Korean industrial giant says hydrogen is essential for cutting carbon emissions and intends to roll out a cheaper, smaller fuel cell system.

Hyundai Making Big Hydrogen Push With Cheaper Fuel Cells For Trucks, Drones And Sports Car

Ofgem promise will help motorway services and local authorities installing hubs for electric car users

UK regulator to lower grid connection costs for EV charging 

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a probe into electric vehicle maker Workhorse Group Inc (WKHS.O), an early investor in Lordstown Motors Corp (RIDE.O), according to a letter from the regulator published by a short seller.

U.S. SEC opens probe into EV company Workhorse Group -letter

Several recent research papers indicate that EVs are not ready to be mass market vehicles.

New Research Raises Concern About Electric Vehicles’ Prospects

The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO says he prefers to stay out of politics amid furor over Texas' adoption of a strict new abortion law.

Elon Musk ‘Likes The Social Policies’ In Texas According To Governor Amid Abortion Furor

Consumers, automakers, and the government will have to work together to pull off President Joe Biden's ambitious plan to shift the country away from gas-powered vehicles and cut carbon emissions, Wharton management professor John Paul MacDuffie said.

What will give electric cars a boost in the US?

Following acquisition of on-street charging specialist, energy giant announces new financing offer to help local authorities deploy integrated chargers


Business Green

Shell powers up plans to install 50,000 Ubitricity EV charge points

The bill would create a $20 per kilogram production tax credit for magnets that are manufactured in the US.

Coalition urges US Congress to incentivize permanent rare earth magnet making

Global electric vehicle (EV) sales are expected to vault over 6 million this year, says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).



Wood Mackenzie

Electric vehicle sales to vault over 6 million in 2021

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Reducing those emissions requires a significant shift away from gasoline- and diesel-fueled internal combustion engines to electric motors powered by renewable sources.

Charging systems for electric trucks put to the test

A quiz to see how informed you are about new energy fuels and techologies.

Energy Quiz: Are You Smarter Than A Forbes Blogger?

The exponential increase in EVs suggests that they will take over the global auto market by the early 2040s. This will send oil prices plummeting, with profound economic and geopolitical consequences.



Project Syndicate

The Electric Vehicle Revolution Goes Global

The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed its wireless charging technology for electric vehicles to Brooklyn-based HEVO. The system provides the world's highest power levels in the smallest package and could one day enable electric vehicles to be charged as they are driven at highway speeds. 

High-power wireless vehicle charging technology licensed by HEVO

Now in its 10th year, pv magazine Deutschland has once again conducted its market overview of residential battery storage products. As the leading global distributed storage market, technology and application trends from Germany, including the shift to EV-charging integration, are enlightening for market participants throughout the world. Interestingly, price declines remain slow.



PV Magazine

Electromobility meets battery storage

Auto analysts consider Rivian one of the most viable electric vehicle start-ups in what is expected to be a very competitive market.

Rivian, an Electric Truck Maker, Files for an I.P.O.

The company has worked to commercialize hydrogen-powered electric vehicles for decades, and is making its massive Georgetown plant a fuel cell module hub in North America.

Toyota To Make Fuel Cell Modules For Hydrogen Big Rigs At Kentucky Plant

Audi's prestigious electric vehicle, the e-Tron GT, is currently the most stylish and highest quality EV under Audi's name. Every e-Tron GT is custom-made in the production line of the company's Böllinger Höfe factory in Germany, along with its legendary sports car R8. With the factory’s high quality control standards, the overall production build and quality of the e-Tron GT should be quite impressive.

Iron Man's EV, the Audi e-Tron GT, Was Sold out in Taiwan in 2021

Battery | EV

Energy Vault Inc. is combining with a blank-check company to go public in a merger that values the gravity-based energy-storage company at roughly $1.6 billion, the companies said.

The Wall Street Journal

Renewable Storage Firm Energy Vault Reaches $1.6 Billion SPAC Deal to Go Public

NREL researchers developed a system that uses heated silica particles for thermal energy storage. The baseline technology is designed for a storage capacity of up to 26,000 MWh and is claimed to have a cost of of between $2 and $4 per kWh.

Storing wind, solar power with silica sands

The need for reliable renewable energy is growing fast, as countries around the world—including Switzerland—step up their efforts to fight climate change, find alternatives to fossil fuels and reach the energy-transition targets set by their governments. But renewable energy can't be incorporated into power grids efficiently until there is a way to store it on a large scale.

Charging stations can combine hydrogen production and energy storage

In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy projects that renewable energy will be the fastest-growing U.S. energy source through 2050.

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