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Germany Emerges as Europe’s Lithium Hub with New Strategic Projects
The EU has selected 46 strategic projects, with Germany leading in lithium initiatives, aiming to establish a complete European lithium supply chain.
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Industry News
US Government Invests $500 Million to Boost Domestic Lithium and Cobalt Processing. Views from Ukraine.
The U.S. government announces a $500 million investment to enhance domestic lithium and cobalt processing, reflecting a strategic shift in industrial policy to secure critical materials.
MINEX Forum News
Europe’s Energy Metals Crisis: Between Policy Ambition and Market Reality
Europe faces an unprecedented raw materials crisis that policy targets systematically underestimate. By 2030, demand for energy metals is expected to explode. Lithium demand will increase five-fold. Cobalt will rise nine-fold. Nickel,…
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Europe Could Meet More Than Half Its Critical Minerals Demand Through Recycling by 2050, Major EU Study Finds
A major EU-funded study has found that recovering critical minerals from Europe's waste streams could supply more than half the continent's demand by 2050, provided investment in recycling infrastructure and unified regional…
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EU Research Project Maps Europe’s “Urban Mine” as 6 Million Tonnes of Critical Minerals Could Be Recovered Annually by 2050
The EU-funded FutuRaM project has mapped 42 critical raw materials across 31 European countries, finding that advanced recovery systems could reclaim up to 6.2 million tonnes annually by 2050 and replace 56%…
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Kazakhstan Launches Lithium Recovery Facility Through Battery Recycling
Kazakhstan has started recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover lithium and other valuable metals.
Companies & Organisations
Li-Cycle starts battery recycling operations at German plant
Li-Cycle said on Tuesday it has started operations at its German plant to break down electric-vehicle batteries for recycling, part of the company’s rapid expansion into the European market and plan to…