LG Energy Solutions to work with General Motors to build a $2.1 billion battery plant in the United States

Savannah Resources anunció el 29 de junio que su proyecto de litio Barroso en Portugal —el mayor yacimiento de petalita de Europa— reanudaría sus operaciones con efecto inmediato. El reinicio se produjo después de que el Gobierno portugués decidiera rechazar una medida cautelar prevista, levantando así la suspensión de la orden de servidumbre temporal de paso y eliminando los últimos obstáculos para el acceso al emplazamiento en la fase de preconstrucción. En su decisión, el Gobierno portugués subrayó que el proyecto reviste una gran importancia nacional y europea, al apoyar la autonomía estratégica de la UE y la transición energética. Impulsará eficazmente la economía interior, reforzará la cohesión regional mediante la creación de empleo y reconoció el cumplimiento de Savannah durante la aplicación inicial de la servidumbre en 2025, así como su compromiso activo con las preocupaciones de la comunidad. La empresa declaró que la reanudación puntual se ajustaba a las expectativas y que procedería con los trabajos in situ y el estudio de viabilidad final.

According to customs statistics, Guangzhou exported over 120,000 vehicles worth RMB 13.295 billion in the first five months of this year, up 65.8% and 56.1% year‑on‑year respectively. Among them, exports of electric passenger vehicles reached 75,500 units valued at RMB 9.36 billion, jumping 92.8% and 88.5% respectively, making auto exports a key driver of the city's foreign trade growth. The rapid export growth is primarily attributed to Guangzhou's enhanced port capacity and service innovations. Nansha Port, equipped with seven berths of 10,000‑tonne class or above and an annual design throughput of over 3 million vehicles, operates 12 international ro‑ro routes. In the January–May period, some 192,000 vehicles were exported through Nansha auto terminal, with NEVs accounting for nearly half and posting growth of over 80%. Meanwhile, innovative models such as the "Guangzhou–Hong Kong Auto Export Express" have cut vehicle registration time from 14 days to 3 days upon arrival in Hong Kong, reducing per‑vehicle costs by more than RMB 2,000 and saving companies over RMB 12 million in total. The city has also issued the "Auto Export Guidebook" and regularly holds resource‑matching events to provide full‑process guidance for automakers.

In H1 2026, lithium battery recycling capacity construction accelerated, with seven provinces and regions—Ningxia, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei, and Xinjiang—collectively announcing environmental impact assessment documents for a batch of scrap lithium battery recycling and comprehensive utilization projects. These projects cover various types of scrap resources such as LFP, ternary battery packs, positive and negative electrodes, and wires and cables, showing a clear trend of lithium battery recycling expanding from eastern coastal regions to the inland areas of central and western China.