Less than 1% of the 20 million-tonne manganese produced each year is used in batteries, but the battery industry is disrupting the manganese market as increases to demand from the…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleSustainability and Resource ManagementThe Crucible: October 2022Waste and RecyclingBattery recycling shifts up a gear
Growing demand for batteries means that significant volumes of batteries deployed to transport, portable and energy storage system applications will reach their end-of-life in the coming decades, posing the question:…
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CRM - Critical Raw MaterialsCrucibleResourcesThe Crucible: April 2023Critical materials underpinning energy transition: Lithium
Project Blue looks at the evolving role of lithium in energy transition, and the opportunities and challenges that make lithium this decade’s key critical raw material This month we…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: February/March 2024Iron phosphate redefines preferences in the battery raw materials
Amid the global energy transition, battery-grade iron phosphate has captured increasing market interest as the precursor used to make lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. LFP demand is growing from electric…
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CrucibleMinor Metals and ApplicationsResourcesThe Crucible: June 2023Niobium in batteries: When a downside can be an asset
In many respects, niobium’s properties resemble those of its chemical cousin tantalum, but nearly always in a way that disappoints. Niobium is chemically resistant to mineral acids, it can…