Lightweight lithium metal is a heavy-hitting critical mineral, serving as the key ingredient in the rechargeable batteries that power phones, laptops, electric vehicles and more. As ubiquitous as ...

Notably, critical minerals vital to technologies like ... Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) or Sodium-Ion batteries are promising alternatives that do not rely on nickel, cobalt, or manganese but ...

HEIDI CREBO-REDIKER is a Senior Fellow in the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

CATL believes that sodium-ion batteries could potentially replace ... China has recently halted export of rare earth minerals and magnets, and seems likely to want to keep all the best innovations ...

The global industry and supply chains are undergoing restructuring, with technological transformations deepening continuously. In 2025, all lithium battery new energy enterprises have recognized a ...

Export partners and port officials broke ground Tuesday at the Port of Vancouver on a new soda ash export terminal, which will replace the current bulk mineral operation there. Soda ash, also known as ...

The new technology has also been closely watched as a potential solution to reduce the world’s dependence on China for critical minerals, since sodium-ion batteries do not use lithium resources.

If not managed correctly, lithium-ion batteries, such as those in electric vehicles can pose an extreme fire risk.

As of April 25, 2025, Argus Media reports the China Ferro-vanadium (80%V) FOB price at US$24.10/kg, slightly higher for the past month. Europe and China Ferrovanadium [FeV] 80% one year price chart - ...

The new technology has also been closely watched as a potential solution to reduce the world’s dependence on China for critical minerals, since sodium-ion batteries do not use lithium resources.