Teeside tech firms to accelerate domestic lithium supply chain

In 2023, the production of metals and minerals crucial for electric vehicles and energy storage devices saw significant increases. The Energy Institute reported a 26% rise in global lithium production, reaching 198,000 tons, while cobalt production

The renewable energy sector is witnessing remarkable growth, driven by increasing global awareness of climate change and a collective push towards sustainability. Governments and corporations worldwide are committing to ambitious carbon reduction targets, fostering an environment

The UK, leveraging its Brexit freedoms, has established eight freeports aimed at rejuvenating industrial areas with jobs and investment. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to level up the nation, but now it’s time

Even though prices have declined from their 2022 peaks, experts continue to emphasise the monumental importance of lithium in the years and decades ahead. Projections from the UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), based on data from

The clean energy transition is heralded as one of the greatest economic opportunities since the Industrial Revolution, according to global energy policy expert Jason Bordoff. In 2022, investments in renewables reached a record high of $1.3

Alkemy Capital Investments plc (LON:ALK) is focussed on developing projects in the energy transition metals sector. Tees Valley Lithium is developing a state of the art lithium hydroxide plant at Teesside, UK. Tees Valley Graphite is

Lithium has many more uses than commonly imagined, being essential in mobile phones, tablets, laptops, electric vehicles, building materials, air conditioning, dyes, glass containers, medicines, astronaut suits, and submarines. As the world moves towards energy transition,

The EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) aims to enhance the self-sufficiency of lithium, a vital component in the shift to renewable energy. This legislation seeks to boost the EU’s capability to extract, refine, and recycle

Lithium, often referred to as the ‘white gold’ of the energy transition, is a crucial component in battery storage technology. It powers zero-emission vehicles and facilitates the storage of wind and solar energy, allowing clean energy

Lithium is a critical raw material essential to the EU’s transition to clean energy, as outlined in the recently adopted Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). The CRMA aims for the European industry to achieve 10% extraction,

Lithium’s importance in powering EVs makes it a linchpin of the clean energy transition and one of the world’s most precious minerals. EV Adoption is Sustainable One of the best reasons to invest in lithium is

As the world moves into a future powered by batteries, lithium’s light weight and high energy density make it the most sought-after metal for electronic devices of all kinds. At the same time, the way lithium

Batteries have a critical role to play in the transition to net zero, with the rapid rise of electric vehicles (EVs) demonstrating how far the technology has evolved in just a few years. In a new

Many years ago, there was a TV advertisement shot in the kitchen of a family home. All was well until the oven disappeared, then the refrigerator and the kettle. Then the cutlery from the table vanished

Essential to the energy transition, lithium is such a precious resource that it has been dubbed “white gold”. In 2022, it was mostly extracted by three countries: Australia (47% of global production), Chile (26%) and China

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