Just a few weeks back, Elon Musk unveiled the world’s biggest lithium ion battery – which was built in under 100 days. And after being switched on at the beginning of December, it’s already proving it’s a bit of a badass. Tesla won a bid in July to built the 129-megawatt hour battery for South […]
Metals Tech
How 3-D printed metals can be both strong and ductile
A new technique by which to 3D print metals, involving a widely used stainless steel, has been show to achieve exception levels of both strength and ductility, when compared to counterparts from more conventional processes. The findings, published in Materials Today, outline how a joint research team from the University of Birmingham, UK, Stockholm University, Sweden […]
Global Electronic Cigarette Lithium Battery Market to grow at a CAGR of +36% by 2021
Global Electronic Cigarette Lithium Battery Market to grow at a CAGR of +36% by 2021 Along with Major Regions Analysis and Revenue Analysis Forecasts to 2022 – Top Manufacturers Profiled are Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, LG, EVE Energy, AWT, HIBATT, Mxjo, Great Power, HGB A comprehensive analysis of the Global Electronic Cigarette Lithium Battery Market is been done […]
Porsche crossovers may go EV, coupe route
Porsche will make a final decision next year whether to build full battery-electric and coupe versions of its Cayenne and Macan crossovers. Porsche CEO Oliver Blume told Automotive News at an auto show event here last week that the company will announce its next electromobility project in the first half of 2018. That second project will follow […]
An increasingly precious metal
Amid a surge in demand for rechargeable batteries, companies are scrambling for supplies of lithium SQM, Chile’s biggest lithium producer, is the kind of company you might find in an industrial-espionage thriller. Its headquarters in the military district of Santiago bears no name. The man who for years ran the business, Julio Ponce, is the […]
Next mining boom in Australia will be driven by tech metals for renewable energy and technologies
The Australian mining industry is on the verge of a new mining boom based around so-called tech metals. And as the race cranks up across the nation to find new deposits of rare earths and other metals, industry itself is calling for the development of a value-adding component. Australia’s two largest mineral commodities, iron ore […]
