Bolivia’s Plans for Commercialization of Vast Lithium Deposits
It’s been called the “Saudi Arabia of lithium”, and Bolivia‘s plans to commercialize their massive deposits of the increasingly popular metal are becoming clearer by the day.
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New to Battery Investing?: Lead Acid v. Lithium Ion
“I have no doubt that every lithium-ion battery manufacturer with an operating factory and a quality product will have more customer demand than it can possibly satisfy. I also expect the emergence of more robust lithium-ion batteries to create entirely new classes of demand that we don’t even recognize today.” -John Petersen, former director of [...]
Good Investment? A123 Systems Goes Public
The Massachusetts-based battery manufacturer A123 Systems recently announced the launch of a public stock offering. A123 priced its shares at $13.50, and will trade under the ticker AONE on the NASDAQ. The company hopes to raise $380 million. Of the shares in the offering, 27,500,000 shares are being offered by the company and 680,501 shares [...]
Batteries Weighing Heavy On Plants and Landfills in China
A recent report by the Associated Press shows that at least 121 children living near a battery plant in eastern China are suffering from lead poisoning, the latest in a recent string of such cases that have affected hundreds. Out of the 287 children tested my multiple medical agencies, all of which were under the age [...]
NASA Goes International for Space Shuttle Batteries
A U.S. battery manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable cells and batteries, International Battery, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by NASA to build a battery prototype that will provide backup power in support of the space shuttle program. NASA’s interest in International Battery is targeted at it’s large-format, high energy [...]
CNN Touts Spray-On, Bio-Virus, and Human-Powered Batteries
Forgot to charge your cell phone last night? Imagine that you could power it by walking. Weirder still, you might be able to just spray a new battery on. Batteries are fast becoming smaller, cleaner and quicker; not to mention coming out in some very unusual forms. These groundbreaking new battery technologies have many excited [...]
Tightened Purse Strings Boosting Battery Business
A bad economy typically results in the changing of habits. As people begin looking for ways to save a few bucks in every facet of their lives, finding ways to remedy a non-functioning device instead of simply replacing it becomes more common by the day.
Nano-Battery Market Expected to Reach $1.13 Billion by 2013
You can go ahead and add the market for nano-enabled batteries among those within the battery industry currently being forecast to see substantial growth in the coming years. Last week, a report by the independent electronic research and advisory firm Lux Research stated the expected growth of the current $19 million thin-battery market would put [...]
President Obama Speaks, Encourages Advancement in Battery Development
“It’always nice to get out of Washington for a little bit, recharge your batteries.” And with that play on words, President Barack Obama began his address to an audience gathered at the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Ponoma, Ca. The purpose? To tout his $2.4 billion in federal money for advanced battery research and [...]
