Batteries for electric vehicles are notoriously difficult to recycle, but growing demand for the rare metals they contain is ...

Ultimately, both industrial and artisanal mining carry the same health risks, ranging from overexertion of workers to ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue ... dominates world production of cobalt, another critical ingredient of lithium-ion batteries. The DRC makes up 80 percent ...

Lithium-ion batteries contain nickel, cobalt, and lithium – valuable resources that play a major role in powering electric ...

Prof Valeria Nicolosi and Prof Jonathan Coleman, who both work at Trinity College Dublin and at the Amber Research Ireland ...

Benchmark projects that recycled lithium and cobalt will ... a future where battery recycling will only become more critical.

Cobalt spot prices spiked 67% higher for the month following the DRC ban on cobalt exports for 4 months, to balance the ...

“The market outlook remains bearish, with weak downstream buying activity and little improvement in lithium demand expected in April. Even energy storage battery producers are slashing lithium ...

This week, ternary cathode material prices showed a slight fluctuating trend. On the raw material cost side, prices of nickel sulphate, cobalt sulphate, and manganese sulphate remained stable, while ...