Industry news

Energy technology firm Schlumberger New Energy and Panasonic Energy of North America, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, have entered into a collaboration agreement to mine lithium in the US.

Primobius, a joint venture equally owned by Australia’s Neometals and German SMS group, has signed a deal to enter the North American lithium-ion battery recycling market.

A joint venture (JV) aims to produce lithium-ion batteries in Italy with the end goal of reaching a production capacity of more than 2GWh within five years

Initial tests on aluminium-ion coin cells suggest that they can out perform lithium-ion, according to Australia’s Graphene Manufacturing Group and the University of Queensland.  

KC Recycling is set to create a facility for recycling the plastic cases from lead-acid batteries following a ($852,000) grant.

A study to boost the use of lead batteries in grid-scale applications will explore the technology’s performance and lifetime capabilities, especially when paired with renewables.

Thermal storage technology company Sunamp has appointed US business leader Hank Torbert as its new chairman. 

Battery firm Northvolt has raised a further $2.75 billion in private placement to drive its lithium-ion production capacity and R&D efforts.

A consortium has made its first lithium-ion cells as it moves toward plans for a commercially viable 15GWh gigafactory in New York, US.

Specialty chemicals company Huntsman Corporation is planning to increase capacity of its lithium-ion battery material ethylene carbonate.