And fire had broken out at a nearby Tesla-supplied battery storage facility in 2022. There is a common denominator in all these cases: lithium ... is one of South Africa’s leading news and ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's foreign ministry said on Monday that its expropriation act was not exceptional, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would cut off funding to ...

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Africa often uses its diplomatic heft to position itself as defender of the "global south" on the world stage, but the deaths of 13 of its soldiers in ...

Ace Green Recycling Inc., Houston, and Nigeria-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Spiro have signed a strategic agreement to support the circular battery value chain in Africa. Through their ...

At least 78 dead bodies have been retrieved from a discontinued gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for months, in what trade unions called a “horrific ...

Ace to recycle lithium-ion battery material, including LFP batteries, from Spiro's end-of-life batteries and waste material from its battery manufacturing in Africa Agreement supports Ace's global ...

Paul Tilsley is a veteran correspondent who has reported on African affairs for more than three decades from Johannesburg, South Africa. He can be followed on Twitter @paultilsley Fox News ...

The facility is part of a US$2 billion deal signed in 2023 aimed at building an industrial base integrating ternary precursors, lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) and waste battery recycling.

Finally, the Global South must unite to challenge the exploitative practices of multinational corporations. As Kwame Nkrumah, the father of African independence, once said, “Africa’s ...

C5ISR Center has awarded a $1.6 million contract to a team of companies led by South 8 to demonstrate standardized lithium-ion battery packs for defense applications. South 8 is partnering with a ...