Industry Secures Lithium and Rare Earth Supply
Source: Lithium Investing News, Dave Brown  (7/20/11)
"Companies have been actively engaged lately in obtaining partners to source critical reserves." More >

Lithium Demand: Growth Ahead
Source: Creamer Media, Matthew Hill  (7/14/11)
"EV industry's set to put the pedal to the metal for lithium demand." More >

Sulfur Breakthrough Boosts Lithium Battery Capacity
Source: MIT Technology Review  (7/5/11)
"If it all works out, your next car could be powered by Li-S batteries." More >

Rising Lithium Prices: Inflation Phenomena or a Tighter Market?
Source: signumBOX, Daniela Desormeaux   (6/28/11)
"The 20% increase is in line with the behavior of primary commodities." More >

Brine Mining the Puna for Potash and Lithium
Source: Richard (Rick) Mills, AheadOfTheHerd  (6/27/11)
"Rising food prices are a macro trend with a long-term time horizon." More >

Lithium Battery Technology
Source: Lithium Investing News, Dave Brown  (6/22/11)
"A closer look at the advantages and limitations of lithium batteries." More >

The Alternative Storage Solution: Off the Grid
Source: GigaOm, Katie Fehrenbacher  (6/21/11)
"Off-the-grid storage stations are forming an intermediary market." More >

London's Vehicles Go Green
Source: UPI  (6/20/11)
"Government expects electric vehicles to become standard on British roads." More >

Pentagon Presents Its First Energy Plan
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Keith Johnson  (6/15/11)
"Plan aims to benefit both the battlefield and budget-conscious DC." More >

Clearing the Fog Around Lithium-ion Traction Batteries
Source: Wheels Unplugged  (6/15/11)
"The patent race will unfold with third-generation lithium batteries." More >

Lithium ETF Gets a Lift
Source: ETF Trends, Tom Lydon  (6/13/11)
"Global X Lithium ETF rises after Morgan Stanley upgrade." More >

Nanoscale Conductors Enable New Battery Architecture
Source: IEEE Spectrum, Dexter Johnson  (6/8/11)
"Tenfold improvement seen in liquid-flow batteries energy density." More >

New MIT Battery Will Rock EVs
Source: Earth Techling, Nino Marchetti  (6/6/11)
"This advance has tremendous value for future energy production and storage." More >

Daniela Desormeaux: Can Lithium Ride the Electric Vehicle Craze?
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report  (6/2/11)
Although lithium is not in short supply now, electric and hybrid vehicles could soak up new production of the versatile light metal for decades to come. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Economist Daniela Desormeaux of Santiago, Chile-based signumBOX, elaborates on small exploration plays that could move up. More >

Something in the Water: Lithium
Source: Deutsche Presse  (6/1/11)
"Small amounts of natural lithium in drinking water lowers suicide rates." More >

U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Critical Minerals Act
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich  (5/31/11)
"Measures includes the Powering America's Lithium Production Act, which increases domestic production of advanced lithium products." More >

Lithium-Ion Battery Keeps Its Cool
Source: MIT Technology Review, Ucilia Wang  (5/26/11)
"A new Li-ion battery holds much more energy than previous versions." More >

Steve Palmer: Small Oil Companies Poised for Big Growth
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report  (5/10/11)
Hedge fund Founder Steve Palmer invests in micro- and small-cap companies that might grow explosively through successful exploration or development of novel technologies. By maintaining his focus on ground-breaking companies rather than commodities, Steve's AlphaNorth Partners Fund has achieved an extraordinary annualized return of 57.3% for the three year period ending April 30, 2011. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, he shares his secrets for targeting growth companies. More >

Lithium Battery Industry Keeps Going and Going
Source: NPR, Seth Fletcher  (5/9/11)
"For the next 10 years, there will probably be a lithium oversupply." More >

Lithium Slows Development of Alzheimer's
Source: Telegraph, Stephen Adams  (4/28/11)
"Study shows the rate of decline among patients on lithium was significantly less." More >

A Battery that Breathes Air
Source: GigaOm, Venkat Srinivasan  (4/27/11)
"Is it too good to be true?" More >

Bolivia Seeks Support for Bid to Tap Lithium Reserves
Source: Reuters  (4/25/11)
"President Evo Morales aims to gauge support for plans to use central bank reserves to fund lithium resource development projects." More >

Lithium-Ion Battery Market to Boom
Source: Reuters  (4/21/11)
"Rechargeable battery makers are betting on strong growth, from $11 billion last year to $32 billion in 2015." More >

10 Electric Car Charging Stations Open in Hawaii
Source: Bloomberg, Mark Niesse  (4/20/11)
"Another 130 stations will be publicly available next year, and the number of electric vehicles in the state is expected to jump." More >

Jonathan Lee: Lithium Powers the Green Revolution
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (4/19/11)
Demand for lithium, a super-light, yet super-charged metal used in batteries, has been slowly rebounding from a dip in 2009. Main players in the space are planning to expand and new market entrants are on the horizon. But which are poised to benefit if there is a glut in supply? In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Byron Capital Markets Battery Materials and Technology Analyst Jonathan Lee reveals his forecast for prices, supply and demand. More >