Stanley Whittinghamwho received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 for the invention of the lithium battery together with john goodenough Y Akira Yoshinoit only took him three months to develop the concept of the lithium battery that has changed the world in the fall of 1972. At the age of 31 and educated at … Read more
Let’s take a small step back and remember why lithium is so required today. One of the vectors to mitigate climate change is to reduce transport emissions: there are electric vehicles that have mineral as a critical input in lithium ion batteries. It is estimated that the demand for the resource will multiply between 10 … Read more
August 14, 2022 – 00:46 The funds will be invested in an initial plant of 3,000 tons per year. The electrical infrastructure and an airstrip will also be built. Rincón, one of the most advanced mining projects in the Puna of Salta, received a decisive boost from the Rio Tinto board, which has just approved … Read more
By Mario Minervino / mminervino@lanueva.com The battery of a motorcycle that explodes in the middle of the night inside an apartment and causes a tragedy in the neighborhood of La Recoleta, a cell phone that catches fire while its owner charges it under a pillow. Two isolated facts but that set off an alarm, considering … Read more
The pure lithium metal it is a promising replacement for the graphite-based anodes currently used in electric vehicle batteries. Its use could greatly reduce the weight of batteries, considerably extending the autonomy of electric vehicles compared to existing technologies. But before lithium metal batteries can be used in electric cars, scientists must first figure out … Read more
Morales was able to leave Bolivia on November 11, 2019, a day after leaving power forced by the military and police forces and by the Central Obrera Boliviana after the Organization of American States (OAS) made a false complaint about an alleged fraud in the result of the elections of October of that year, in … Read more
Mexico City. In a new stage for the fight for energy sovereignty, the idea is to take control of the national mines. The issue returns to the executive and legislative agendas. The importance of lithium, as a strategic energy source, is a way towards the optimal use of the resource, that is, without wasting it … Read more