It is pertinent to note that Chinese trade with Africa is about four times that of the United States. Beijing has become an important creditor by offering cheaper loans - often with opaque terms and collateral requirements - than Western lenders.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 6 (ANI/ATK): Indian e-cycle startup Gear Head Motors has secured investment from Aman Gupta, the founder of Boat, and Piyush Bansal of Lenskart on Shark Tank India. This is a major endorsement for GearHead, which has quickly become a major player in the
Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) under the Ministry of Mines, expressed interest to partner with CAMYEN, Argentina recently for prospecting two areas identified with the objective of establishing projects for the extraction of lithium in due course of time.
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are fantastic for powering all the essential modern life items like cellphones, watches, laptops, cars, and so much more, are likely to be numerous. But a major issue is where they go when they fail. Scientists from Rice University gave a new insight
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): GODI India, the first Indian company to get BIS certification to sell lithium-ion cells made with homegrown technology, has achieved another milestone by manufacturing India's first ever 5.2 Ah 21700 cylindrical lithium-ion cells wit
Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements are essential components in many of today's rapidly growing clean energy technologies - from wind turbines and electricity networks to electric vehicles, according to International Energy Agency (IEA).
Lancaster [England], November 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): LiNa Energy passed a key milestone after it successfully completed an independent demonstration of its lithium-free energy storage systems (made up of its sodium batteries) with commercial partner ion Ventures. The test, which challenged the
According to the US Geological Survey, Bolivia is home to 21 million tonnes of the 89 million tonnes that make up the world's known lithium resources, while Argentina and Chile are responsible for around 32 per cent of global production which is also why China will now find it tough to conti
the Canadian government ordered three China-originated foreign companies to divest investments in Canadian critical mineral firms due to national security concerns.
Canada's Science and Industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said the decision was made after reviewing a number of investments in Canadian companies engaged in the critical minerals sector, including lithium.
China continues to dominate the rare earth elements around the world, while the west is pushing towards self-reliance in the procurement of scarce metals and minerals. However, China does not produce a lot of the minerals, and has instead invested heavily in overseas mines in places like Can