(By Oil & Gas 360) – The lithium story is no longer just about electric vehicles. A new demand driver is emerging rapidly across global markets, AI infrastructure, and the explosive expansion of data centers. What began as a battery metal tied primarily to transportation is increasingly becoming part of a much broader conversation around power systems, backup storage, grid
(Oil Price) – The global battery sector is on fire – and we’re not just talking about lithium-ion battery explosions. In 2025, the global lithium-ion battery market topped USD $150 billion in 2025, marking a stunning 20 percent year-on-year increase. But current lithium-ion battery design has some key limitations, opening up a potentially massive market for competitive designs. One of the major
(Investing) – WASHINGTON -The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday took steps to increase recovery of critical minerals, used in everything from electric vehicles to high-tech weapons, from mine waste, coal refuse, tailings and abandoned uranium mines. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed his department to streamline federal regulations on the recovery of the minerals such as rare earths, lithium and cobalt from
(BOE Report) – Chevron said on Tuesday its has acquired on lease about 125,000 net acres in northeast Texas and southwest Arkansas, marking the entry of the U.S. oil major into domestic lithium production. Energy giants, including Exxon Mobil, have been looking to leverage their expertise in drilling and brine processing to enter the lithium market and support the energy transition. Demand for
Oil Price China issued on Wednesday new guidelines for its lithium-ion battery industry in a bid to put quality over quantity in battery manufacturing, whose boom led to overcapacity and eroded prices for companies in the sector. “China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Wednesday unveiled revised guidelines for the lithium-ion battery industry to further strengthen standardized management and promote high-quality
Nasdaq LONDON/DUBAI – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters. Other oil companies, including Exxon MobilXOM.N and Occidental PetroleumOXY.N, plan to take advantage of emerging technologies to filter lithium from
Oil Price In her State of the Union address this week, EC President Ursula von der Leyen made a point about the EU’s growing independence in sectors such as energy, chips, and raw materials. The official stressed the importance of these raw materials for energy, after which she went on to slam China for unfair market practices. Was she
CNBC China is leading the way when it comes to lithium — and the rest of the world has not been quick enough to respond to its dominance, according to the CEO of American Lithium. Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” Monday, Simon Clarke discussed how China had secured its position of strength within the industry. “I just think the
