lithium

South Korea's declaration that it will commercially extract lithium from sea water by 2015 may smack of science fiction to many experts but it highlights the increasing intensity of the battle to feed the lithium ion battery industry. Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault and Nissan, last week predicted carmakers would be scrambling for lithium batteries to power electric cars within two years. Japan, South Korea and China hold 98 per cent of that market.  

Channel Resources Ltd. confirms that a process-testing program of a bulk sample of brine from the Fox Creek lithium-potash project has commenced. The program has been designed to identify the most efficient and cost-effective methods to produce a variety of mineral products from the brine, including lithium carbonate, potash, bromine and borates. Oil and gas operators in the Fox Creek area are supporting and participating in the program, in which Channel is extracting a sample of approximately 2,000 lit  

The world's appetite for lithium is growing. Mobile phones, electric cars and many other devices rely on lithium ion batteries and the battle for lithium resources will intensify in the next few years. The FT has acquired import and export trade data for lithium for 2004 to 2008.  

Andrew Brodkey, Chief Executive Officer and President of Pan American Lithium Corp. (TSX VENTURE: PL; Pink Sheets: PALTF) was recently featured in The Wall Street Transcript. Mr. Brodkey s full interview is posted on the company's Web site: http://www.panamericanlithium.com. In the interview, Mr. Brodkey told the editors of The Wall Street Transcript that the nature and quality of the company's lithium mining projects combined with the recently announced Letter-of-Intent with a large international strategi  

Low-carbon companies' stocks have fared well for two consecutive days, riding high on political advisers' proposals on propelling the transition to a green economy. Shenzhen Desay Battery Technology Co, a medium-sized primary lithium battery maker listed in Shenzhen, surged to its daily limits at the opening in the past two trading days. It closed at 12.77 yuan on Wednesday.  

TUCSON, ARIZONA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/02/10 -- On January 28, 2010 Pan American Lithium Corp. (TSX VENTURE: PL) ("Pan American" or the "Company") announced that it expected to deliver by the end of March 2010, the results of a study at its 100% owned Laguna Verde salar lake in Atacama Region III, Chile, in order to develop an inferred resource estimate for lithium content compliant with National Instrument 43-101. The major earthquake last weekend in the country of Chile has disrupted transportatio  

WHITE DEER, PA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/01/10 -- Thermal Product Solutions, a division of SPX Corporation, recently engineered a Tenney test chamber specifically designed for temperature testing of lithium ion batteries. The test chamber prevents the auto-ignition of the lithium ion batteries and their components by limiting the maximum temperature of the chamber. The test chamber provides a thermal protection system with a built-in alarm system.  

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We see two types of labs. The first lab, the Nazi lab, produces more irritants, and causes powder to form in the drapes and rugs   -Tom McNamara

 

By dipping ordinary paper or fabric in a special ink infused with nanoparticles, Stanford engineer Yi Cui has found a way to cheaply and efficiently manufacture lightweight paper batteries and supercapacitors (which, like batteries, store energy, but by electrostatic rather than chemical means), as well as stretchable, conductive textiles known as "eTextiles" — capable of storing energy while retaining the mechanical properties of ordinary paper or fabric. While the technology is still new, Cui's team ha

Energy storage is a pretty old research field   -Yi Cui