Industrial Minerals


IM Lithium Roundup 6-12 June 2012

12 June 2012

by John Ollett

A brief look at the rest of the week’s lithium stories in the news

Keywords: lithium, Panasonic, Canada Lithium, Nemaska Lithium, Canada

Panasonic Corp. will start mass production of lithium-ion storage batteries, in June 2012, for homes in Europe using photovoltaic (PV) cells.

The batteries will store the excess energy generated by PV cells and discharge it as needed (see IM June 2012 Off The Grid).

There is a growing need for a solution that allows consumers to...