Europe appears to be slower and less bold than other markets like the US when it comes to financial support for upstream battery material projects like lithium refining, a company looking to invest half a billion euros in an EU project told Energy-Storage.news.
Lithium carbonate prices have started to creep back up again after coming down from 2022’s extreme highs, but the long-term outlook is one of downwards prices, research firm Fastmarkets said.
The government of Queensland seeks input on its battery industry strategy, while an engineering provider has been appointed for a large-scale battery gigafactory in Victoria.