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Coal India, the state-run mining giant, plans to bid for three critical minerals blocks in Indias auctions. The company aims to participate in the auctions for lithium and nickel mines, reflecting a strategic move into the minerals sector. Additionally, Coal India has explored lithium mines in Australia and is engaged in preliminary discussions about potential operations.

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) report a threefold increase in lithium extraction from brine using CO2 microwave plasma technology.

Lithium demand is expected to grow in the long term, but there will be a period of glut and low oil prices, which some analysts see persisting through 2025-2026.

Australia aims to be Indias key supplier of critical minerals for the electric vehicle industry. The US, EU, and Japan also source minerals from Australia. The Australia-India Critical Minerals Investment Partnership and ECTA support Indias investments in Australian minerals projects. The two countries are also working on enhancing their defence partnership, particularly in maritime domain awareness.

Australia plans to introduce a multi-billion dollar subsidy scheme to attract investment in clean energy and prevent capital outflows to regions with existing large subsidy initiatives.

Watch the ondemand video of the Roundtables session: Building a Cleaner Future: Better Batteries and Their Materials. Available only to MIT Alumni and subscribers. Hosted by Casey Crownhart, Climate reporter, David Rotman, Editor at large, James Temple, Sr Editor of Climate & Energy. Learn more about what battery technologies will matter, how we will build them, and the community impacts.

The price of lithium may have fallen and Albemarle may consider them to be “unsustainable”, but Exxon isn’t giving up on its lithium expansion plans

In Covas do Barroso, a village in Portugal where a proposed lithium mine will irreparably alter the natural environment and the lives of its inhabitants, residents are pushing back on what the green transition really means.

312 pegmatite grab samples will be submitted for assay and geochemical analysis to better understand the rock formations. 10 spodumene-bearing pegmatite...

Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.