Lithium technologies are expected to advance quickly over the next few years. However, companies in China and beyond are frantically pursuing alternative batteries not centred around lithium, in part because the minerals needed to make the current options come from just a few countries.
China's battery material producer Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co Ltd said on Wednesday it will acquire a lithium mining company in Zimbabwe for $422 million, marking another foray into overseas battery mineral resources by Chinese companies that are shoring up supplies to meet surging demand from the new energy vehicle market.
China is one of the biggest producers of the critical minerals and rare earth elements that are essential to the energy transition—those used in the manufacture of elements such as electric vehicle (EV) batteries, and to construct offshore and onshore wind and solar power plants.
“Companies like Toyota, CATL, and China Aviation Lithium Battery (CALB) are heavily investing in this technology, working to overcome challenges related to manufacturing costs and temperature sensitivity,” Yang tells Dialogue Earth.
China-based mining and battery giants have placed winning bids on five development-stage lithium projects valued at $1.58 billion, not including off-take and royalty deals, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
The nation's mining and battery companies acquired 6.4 million tonnes of lithium in reserves and resources in 2021, as of Oct. 18, nearly matching the 6.8 Mt of lithium acquired by all companies in 2020.
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Europe''s reliance on Chinese producers to develop its domestic cell production means that one third of the continent''s total output will come from Chinese-owned companies by the end of the decade, Benchmark analysis shows.
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Consultancy McKinsey & Company said last year that while there are about 130 kilotonnes of dead batteries globally in 2020, the total weight will rise to over 19,270 kilotonnes by 2040, when hundreds of millions of …
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On Tuesday, December 3, China announced stringent export restrictions on "dual-use" technologies for both civilian and military use, specifically targeted at the United States. These restrictions double down on previously announced controls on these metals, going so far as to ban shipments of antimony, gallium, and germanium to the United States.
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Spurred on by increased demand for critical minerals and the COVID-19 economic downturn, Pacific Island nations have begun sponsoring mining companies to take out licenses for deep-sea mining. Initial research indicates …
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However, the know-how to extract gallium as part of aluminum production is available elsewhere, including in Europe. Shortly after the export restrictions on gallium and germanium, which China imposed in August 2023, became known, the European Union called on aluminum and zinc companies to review the production of both technology metals.
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But with the trade war between the U.S. and China escalating, some are now taking a closer look at another battery mineral that today''s recycling processes treat as little more than waste. On December 1, China …
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China has not only been developing rapidly in the electric vehicle (EV) sector but is also leading in clean energy-related mineral supply chains, insiders said in Washington.
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The production landscape is more diverse. The mineral, which is also used in making steel and aluminium, is mined in more than 30 countries, with South Africa, Australia …
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… and China dominates battery production and consumption. China currently dominates the entire battery supply chain. Chinese companies have significant …
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The latest move is subject to public feedback and could change, but it left battery companies in China and the rest of Asia scrambling to understand the potential implications. There''s a focus on what the tighter scrutiny might mean for China''s growing overseas investments in the battery supply chain, especially in the case of joint ventures with foreign companies.
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China produces the lion''s share of most critical minerals, but there are alternatives. Japan also imports nearly all of its gallium, for example, but it also extracts it by recycling scrap metal.
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China''s Huayou Cobalt has partnered with South Korea''s LG Chem on a lithium refinery and cathode material plant in Morocco. Shenzhen-based GEM Co., a leading battery recycler, is working with South Korean …