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Voisey's Bay Mine
Voisey's Bay Mine is a nickel-copper-cobalt mine in northern Labrador, Canada, about 35 kilometers southwest of Nain. Discovered in 1993, it was one of the most significant mineral finds in Canadian history.
Vulcan Energy
Vulcan Energy is an Australian-listed lithium chemicals and renewable energy company founded in 2018, whose Lionheart project in Germany's Upper Rhine Valley targets first lithium production in 2028.
Water-in-salt electrolyte
A water-in-salt electrolyte (WiSE) is a highly concentrated aqueous battery electrolyte in which dissolved salt exceeds the water in weight and volume, first proposed in 2015 at the University of Maryland.
Weda Bay Nickel
Weda Bay Nickel (PT WBN) is an open-pit nickel mine and nickel pig iron joint venture on Halmahera Island in North Maluku, Indonesia, majority-owned by Tsingshan with Eramet as operator.
Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Wildcat Discovery Technologies is a San Diego battery materials company, founded in 2006 by Peter G. Schultz, that develops cobalt-free cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Wodgina mine
Wodgina is a hard-rock lithium mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region, about 100 km south of Port Hedland, operated by Mineral Resources with Albemarle in a 50/50 joint venture.
Wuhu Jiana (芜湖佳纳)
Wuhu Jiana (芜湖佳纳), formally Wuhu Jiana Energy Technology Co., Ltd., is the lithium-battery-materials platform of Shenzhen-listed Dows Technology, valued at RMB 11.365 billion in 2022.
Yibin Libao
宜宾锂宝 (Yibin Libao) is a Chinese manufacturer of lithium and sodium-ion battery cathode materials and precursors based in Yibin, Sichuan, founded in 2017 by three listed companies.
Zaiyuan Paierson (载元派尔森)
Zaiyuan Paierson (载元派尔森) was a Chinese new energy materials producer founded in 2011 in Weinan, Shaanxi, making NMP and related chemicals for lithium battery manufacturing, with Samsung as a key customer.
Zentek
Zentek Ltd. is a Canadian company based in Guelph, Ontario, that develops graphene-based coatings and holds the Albany graphite deposit in Northern Ontario, organized around the Albany Graphite Project, ZenGUARD coatings, and aptamer technologies.
Zero-strain anode
A zero-strain anode is a battery anode material whose crystal volume changes by less than 1% during lithium insertion and removal; lithium titanate (Li₄Ti₅O₁₂) is the archetype.
Zinc anode
A zinc anode is the negative electrode of a battery in which metallic zinc is oxidized during discharge, used since Volta's early-1800s piles in zinc-carbon, alkaline, zinc-nickel, zinc-air, and zinc-ion batteries.