Advanced Materials and Battery Council Official Launch

We did it! From the flicker of an idea after an industry roundtable with Trade and Investment Queensland in September last year (thanks to Anthony Christensen and Paul Martyn), to the official launch at Parliament House today (thanks to The Hon. Mick de Brenni), the...

Limits of lithium extraction from thermal water

Pumping up thermal water, separating lithium, and using it to produce batteries for electric mobility — the idea of lithium as an environmentally compatible and regionally available by-product of geothermal energy plants appears highly promising. However, it has not been clear so far whether domestic lithium extraction is really worthwhile. A team of researchers has now summarized the state of the art, analyzed raw materials markets, and assessed technologies.