US backs a South Africa project to extract rare earths despite a diplomatic clashA U.S.-backed project in South Africa aims to extract rare earth elements from industrial mining waste, a move supported by a $50 million i...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.06 AM IST
Breaking China’s rare earth monopoly will define the next industrial eraChina dominates the global supply of rare earths, essential for modern technology and climate transition. This dominance creates geopolitic...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
Recyclekaro plans Rs 240 crore fundraise, weighs IPO amid expansion pushRecyclekaro plans to raise Rs 240 crore and explore an IPO as it expands e-waste and lithium-ion recycling capacity. The company is scaling...
02 Apr, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
Germany strikes Lithium gold with 43 million-ton discovery beneath former gas fieldGermany has confirmed one of the world's largest lithium deposits, estimated at 43 million tonnes, in a former gas field in Saxony-Anhalt. ...
08 Jan, 2026, 02.25 AM IST
43 million tons of lithium discovered in Germany could transform European EV battery supply chainNeptune Energy confirmed Germany holds 43 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent in the Altmark Region, one of the world's largest li...
29 Sep, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
Rio Tinto-backed lithium tech startup set to raise second round of fundsElectraLith is developing a filtration technology that can extract lithium from brine deposits without using water or chemicals, which woul...
25 Nov, 2024, 04.03 PM IST
Lithium startups bet on high demand in battery-powered futureWhile lithium demand is about 1 million tons annually today, BNEF projects that it will reach 3 million by 2030 and over 6 million by 2050 ...
30 Aug, 2024, 10.14 AM IST
Is India ready to recycle millions of end-of-life EV batteries?As India embraces electric vehicles to combat pollution and reduce oil dependency, the importance of lithium battery recycling becomes evid...
02 Aug, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
Milestone Moment: First commercial lithium production with new filtration tech begins in UtahInternational Battery Metals (IBAT) achieves breakthrough lithium production in Utah with a water-efficient DLE method. Producing 5,000 ton...
11 Jul, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
How battery recycling can help EVs to be truly greenBatteries of EVs after their usage need to be accurately managed to avoid them being harmful to the environment. One solution to this probl...
19 Jan, 2024, 10.13 PM IST
Power from used batteries: How Bengaluru-based MiniMines can power 66-lakh EVsA Bengaluru-based cleantech company says it can achieve 96% purity in extracting metals from used batteries. This would mean reduced import...
14 Jan, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
Race for speedier lithium is underway from Arkansas to ArgentinaThis new way of mining lithium is being seen as the solution for increasing output while protecting the environment all across the world’s ...
31 Aug, 2023, 10.10 AM IST
Lithium producers Allkem, Livent to combine in $10.6 billion dealCombining U.S.-based Livent and Australia-based Allkem creates an industry powerhouse on four continents that executives hope will bring mo...
11 May, 2023, 12.52 AM IST
Chile's lithium nationalisation plans to get a fillip from new extraction technologyDirect lithium extraction technologies are designed to extract the metal from salty brines in Chile's Atacama Desert and elsewhere in the w...
24 Apr, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
General Motors moves deeper into mining with EnergyX lithium investmentPrivately-held EnergyX is one of several companies developing so-far unproven direct lithium extraction technologies (DLE) that could help ...
11 Apr, 2023, 07.25 PM IST
The great lithium pushIndia is now the eighth-largest lithium reserve country thanks to discovery in Jammu & Kashmir. This find has the potential to alter the sp...
11 Apr, 2023, 12.58 PM IST
Vulcan to supply CO2-free lithium to Stellantis from GermanyVulcan is one of a number of companies testing a direct lithium extraction method that uses less land and groundwater. Lithium is a core co...
29 Nov, 2021, 10.40 AM IST