BMW Group invests in innovative method for efficient and sustainable lithium extraction
New process from Lilac Solutions focuses on sustainable extraction, efficiency and costs Munich. The BMW Group is stepping up its expansion of electromobility and will be releasing about ten million fully-electric vehicles onto the roads over the next ten years or so. By 2030, at least…
Global Ice Melt Matches Worst-Case Climate Scenario, Study Says
The first global ice-loss survey using satellite data showed ice is disappearing faster in Antarctica and Greenland Melting on the ice sheets has accelerated so much over the past three decades that it’s now in line with the worst-case climate warming scenarios outlined by scientists. A total of…
Ocean 100: The 100 Companies That Dominate the Ocean Economy and can save the Earth
Just 100 companies account for most of the profits from the world’s seas, researchers said on Wednesday, calling on them to help save the oceans from over-fishing, rising temperatures and pollution. Together, the companies generated $1.1 trillion in revenues in 2018, or about 60% of…
Recovering lithium from natural salt pools–purity up to 99.9 per cent
New methods for lithium recovery from natural brine have been studied at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT). The methods enabled increasingly effective recovery of lithium and the purity of the lithium solution increased from 95 per cent to 99.9 per cent, which is difficult and…