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  • Saturday, 21 April, 2018
    Special Report Innovation
    The UK battery technology racing towards an electric future

    A Formula E crash proved the worth of Williams Advanced Engineering’s new tech

    Saturday, 21 April, 2018
  • Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
    Geoffrey Owen
    Britain’s electric car aspirations lag behind Asia

    The UK’s quest to lead the world in battery technology is 20 years too late

    Tuesday, 17 April, 2018
  • Friday, 6 April, 2018
    Batteries
    SoftBank moves into lithium with Canada mine deal

    Japanese conglomerate to take 9% stake in Toronto-listed Nemaska

    Friday, 6 April, 2018
  • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
    Commodities
    Trafigura accelerates battery push with Congo cobalt deal
    Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
  • Tuesday, 3 April, 2018
    Inside Business Kana Inagaki
    Panasonic’s Tesla woes echo Japan Inc identity crisis

    Shift from consumer products has prompted soul-searching among biggest brands

    Tuesday, 3 April, 2018
  • Thursday, 29 March, 2018
    Special Report Science
    New membrane provides drinking water and lithium

    Metal-organic frameworks allow precision filtering with less energy

    Thursday, 29 March, 2018
  • Sunday, 18 March, 2018
    Electric vehicles
    Venture capitalists bet big on electric car batteries

    Investment hits $1bn this year as companies race to develop better technologies

    Sunday, 18 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 15 March, 2018
    Special Report Batteries
    Low-carbon technology power play by China’s CATL

    The battery-maker is in pole position to seize on opportunities not just in automotives but low-carbon energy systems in general

    Thursday, 15 March, 2018
  • Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
    Cobalt
    China tightens grip on global cobalt supplies

    Shenzhen-listed GEM signs huge agreement over three years with Glencore

    Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
  • Promoted Content
  • Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
    Cobalt
    Canada’s First Cobalt makes US acquisition
    Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
  • Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
    Electric vehicles
    Union warns of jobs risk in shift to electric cars

    Repurpose UK plants and retrain workers to make battery-driven vehicles, says Unite

    Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
    Electric vehicles
    China’s CATL says it is now world’s largest EV battery supplier
    Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
  • Monday, 12 March, 2018
    Batteries
    Chinese battery maker takes controlling stake in Quebec lithium project
    Monday, 12 March, 2018
  • Monday, 12 March, 2018
    Automobiles
    Renault-Nissan aims for next generation battery car in 2025

    Focus on solid-state batteries would put group among frontrunners in new technology

    Monday, 12 March, 2018
  • Friday, 9 March, 2018
    Corporate spin-offs
    FMC appoints CFO to lead planned lithium spin-off
    Friday, 9 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 1 March, 2018
    Batteries
    Chile’s SQM cautious over lithium production expansion

    Shares down 15% this week due to fears battery material will be oversupplied

    Thursday, 1 March, 2018
  • Wednesday, 28 February, 2018
    FTfm
    Asia provides a glimpse of tomorrow’s technology

    Developed world’s tech superiority could be the next sacred cow waiting for slaughter

    Wednesday, 28 February, 2018
  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2018
    Electric vehicles
    Shares of lithium producers rattled by gloomy forecast

    Albemarle and SQM hit as Morgan Stanley warns metal price may plunge 45 per cent

    Tuesday, 27 February, 2018
  • Monday, 26 February, 2018
    Batteries
    Lithium prices to fall 45% by 2021, Morgan Stanley says
    Monday, 26 February, 2018
  • Saturday, 24 February, 2018
    Analysis Batteries
    Carmakers race to lock in lithium for electric vehicles 

    China and Japan lead dash for resources deals to capture market for powering autos of the future

    Saturday, 24 February, 2018
  • Friday, 23 February, 2018
    Automobiles
    BMW, Great Wall in talks to manufacture battery-powered Mini in China
    Friday, 23 February, 2018
  • Saturday, 17 February, 2018
    Energy Source
    The week in energy: White petroleum

    Lithium’s bicentennial is celebrated with a surge in corporate activity

    Saturday, 17 February, 2018
  • Saturday, 17 February, 2018
    Analysis Electric vehicles
    Sale of $5bn lithium stake to test electric car hype

    PotashCorp plans to sell a big stake in Chile’s SQM, a key supplier of the metal

    Saturday, 17 February, 2018
  • Thursday, 15 February, 2018
    IPOs
    China’s largest lithium producer Ganfeng files for $1bn HK IPO
    Thursday, 15 February, 2018
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2018
    Electric vehicles
    Dyson bets on electric cars to shake up industry

    Engineering pioneer to produce 3 vehicles from scratch in bold £2bn venture

    Wednesday, 14 February, 2018
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