Crews have begun work on the first step of a long process in cleaning up the wreckage of the Moss Landing battery storage plant after a huge fire last month drew national attention and raised questions about the safety of a new technology needed to continue California’s expansion of renewable energy.

Sky News host Chris Kenny warns of lithium-ion batteries and the risk they pose to people in starting house fires. A 21-year-old man has died in a house fire in western Sydney, with a lithium-ion battery believed to be the cause.

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Arizona Lithium is another step closer to starting production at its Prairie project Phase 1 development after it was granted the necessary water rights licence from Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency.

American Salars Lithium is moving quickly to bulk up its lithium portfolio with the acquisition of the promising Leduc East lithium pegmatite project in Quebec.