Britain’s recent commitment to switch to electric vehicles ten years earlier than planned underlines how rapidly change is on the way. In the UK alone, that will mean up to 10.6million electric vehicles by 2030, with that number potentially rising to 36million by 2040 according to National Grid. Hurdles remain, not least in how all … Read more
‘Poldark’ miner Cornish Lithium raises £5.2m in three days through crowdfunding campaign By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 15 October 2020 A company planning to mine lithium in Cornwall raised £5.2million through a crowdfunding campaign in three days, having only intended to make £1.5million. … Read more
During Tesla Battery Day on Tuesday, CEO Elon Musk revealed his company had entered into the mining business by buying the rights to lithium clay deposits in 10,000 acres in the Nevada desert. At the same event, Drew Baglino, Tesla’s senior vice president of engineering, shared that the carmaker will be building its own cathode … Read more
Mining company Cornish Lithium announces plans to go public in the next two years By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 Cornish Lithium said this week it had found ‘globally significant’ deposits of the green metal A mining company that has found … Read more
There’s lithium in them thaar Cornish hills! ‘Globally significant’ levels of the mineral could spark new Poldark era of mining Mining firm says county holds some of world’s best quality reserves of the metal Reviving the area’s mining industry could create hundreds of jobs in the region As well as electric cars, lithium batteries are … Read more