Lithium sector needs $42 billion as pivot from China adds costs
The global lithium industry needs as much as $42 billion of investment by the end of the decade in order to meet demand for the crucial battery-making material, with attempts to build supply chains outside of China subject to much higher costs, according to a data and market-intelligence provider.
Proposed lithium mine in Nevada would damage ancestral lands, critics say
Boise State Public Radio News | By Chris Aadland Published April 15, 2022. This article is an extensive history of the opposing views regarding LAC's proposed Thacker Pass. It provides a balanced view of the opposing positions on the project and, in addition, shines a light on LAC's outreach proposals to the Native Americans
Federal judge rejects NV tribe’s attempt to join lithium mine suit Interior asks 9th Circuit to let mine proceed BY: JENIFFER SOLIS - MARCH 15, 2022
A Nevada federal judge on Friday rejected a legal effort by the Winnemucca Indian Colony to join a lawsuit attempting to stop a lithium mining project at Thacker Pass, a religiously and culturally significant area considered sacred to the tribe. Also last week, Department of Interior attorneys urged the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject tribal concerns and allow the mine developer to excavate as planned.
Engineering a bidirectional power plant to make renewable energy available 24/7
It’s these longer duration gaps that are of particular interest to the team at Form Energy, which is designing a new type of battery that could store renewable energy for months at a time at a fraction of the current cost. Even though the cost of lithium ion batteries has fallen dramatically in the past decade, they are still far too expensive to cover longer durations and make renewables the dominant energy source for our grid
Energy Storage: It's not just about lithium ion batteries anymore
Article describing multiple forms of Energy Storage besides those using Lithium Ion Batteries
Q1 2020 Lithium Nevada Newletter re: Thacker Pass
Alexi Zawadzki, CEO of Lithium Nevada, gives Q1 report on LAC's Thacker Pass project.
LAC reports 2019 full year and 4th quarter results
2019 and 4th quarter report
April 2019: Tesla launches battery recycling at Nevada Gigafactory
The article is from back in April of 2019, but it is important to remember that not only is battery technology advancing all the time.. so is lithium ion battery recycling technology.
World Battery Materials Market Size to reach USD 83 Billion by 2026
This article includes additional links to other portions of the battery market. Good for reference.
Canadian Insider for T.LAC, Lithium Americas, Toronto Exchange
I don't believe this one shows LAC insider trades from the NYSE, but it does give information on insider trades in Canada. Should be of some value.
New Michael Moore-Backed Documentary On YouTube Reveals Massive Ecological Impacts Of Renewables
The film shows both abandoned industrial wind and solar farms and new ones being built — but after cutting down forests. “It suddenly dawned on me what we were looking at was a solar dead zone,” says filmmaker Jeff Gibbs, staring at a former solar farm in California. “I learned that the solar panels don’t last.”
Help Stop Thacker Pass Mine
Opposition to LAC's Thacker Pass Mine claim : "Everybody has been wondering why Lithium Nevada says all these trucks will be running up and down our roads. IT TURNS OUT MOST OF THESE TRUCKS WILL BE HAULING CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL ELEMENTS IN .... NOT LITHIUM OUT...IT APPEARS MOST OF THESE CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE LEFT ON OUR BLM PUBLIC LANDS IN VARIOUS CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FOR ETERNITY!!! Hundreds of tons of Sulfur will be Burned Every day at the mine site.
Making lithium ion batteries more environmentally friendly