Lithium & Battery Markets
Economist: Lithium in Demand
January 16 2016
SQM, Chile’s biggest lithium producer, is the kind of company you might find in an industrial-espionage thriller. Its headquarters in the military district of Santiago bears no name. The man who for years ran the business, Julio Ponce, is the former son-in-law of the late dictator, Augusto Pinochet. He quit as chairman in 2015, during an investigation into SQM for alleged tax evasion. (The company is co-operating with the inquiry.) Last month it emerged that CITIC, a Chinese state-controlled firm, may bid for part of Mr Ponce’s controlling stake in SQM, as part of China’s bid to secure supplies of a vital raw material.
Score for Solid State Lithium Batteries
Vacuum cleaner-maker Dyson is buying experimental battery startup Sakti3
Dyson, the UK-based home appliance manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Sakti3, a seven-year-old Michigan startup working on an experimental solid-state approach to advanced batteries.
Market for Lithium-ion Expected to Grow 4X by 2020
Renewable Energy World, September 4, 2014
Market for Lithium-ion Expected to Grow 4X by 2020
Lithium Boom Drives Albemarle $6.2 Billion Rockwood Deal
Goldman Sachs Sees Tesla Consuming up to 17% of Lithium Output
Goldman Sachs Sees Tesla Consuming up to 17% of Lithium Output
Bloomberg, February 28, 2014
