Chile steps closer to resource nationalism
A committee tasked with rewriting the Chilean constitution has approved an early-stage proposal that opens the door to the country nationalizing some of the world’s most significant copper and lithium…
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In charts: EV metal demand accelerates in the second half of 2021
A 62% jump in passenger electric vehicles (EVs) registrations in the second half of 2021 to 5.84 million units continues to drive an intensifying demand in the battery metals sector,…
South America Snapshot: Eight companies exploring and developing new mines
The need for battery metals is propelling many projects in resource-rich South America, but gold and silver projects retain their appeal, too. BEAR CREEK MINING The Corani silver-zinc-lead project in…
USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list
The US Geological Survey (USGS) has released the final list of 50 critical minerals the domestic economy requires for economic and national security. The new list builds on the initial…
Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner
Brazil’s minerals and metals-rich state of Minas Gerais is looking to sell its 33.3% stake in Companhia Brasileira de Lítio (CBL), the country’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide. The state’s…
Lithium: Spot prices soar in lunar new year
Lithium spot prices in Chinese markets showed substantial gains in the first week after the lunar new year holidays in East Asia, mainly driven by sustained supply tightness in spot…
SQM files project to cut water, brine extraction in Chile
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM) has submitted to the country’s environmental evaluation service (SMA) a US$778,000 project to cut its use of freshwater and brine from the Atacama Desert to mitigate…
Rock Tech, Bilfinger to build Europe’s first lithium refinery
Canada’s Rock Tech Lithium (TSXV: RCK) and Germany’s Bilfinger SE will work together on building Europe’s first lithium converter and refinery, in a push to meet the region’s increasing demand…
Canada’s Industry Minister says Neo Lithium takeover was “thoroughly reviewed and scrutinized”
Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne says Zijin Mining’s proposed takeover of Neo Lithium (TSXV: NLC; US-OTC: NTTHF) is not “injurious to Canada’s national security.” Speaking to the…
Lithion to raise $125M for battery recycling in Quebec
Lithion Recycling has closed the first tranche of a financing that could provide $125 million toward the company’s first lithium-ion battery cycling plant in Quebec. The Series A equity financing…
Chinese takeover of Neo Lithium “irrelevant to national security interests” says Liberal MP
The proposed takeover of Canadian-based Neo Lithium (TSXV: NLC; US-OTC: NTTHF) by China’s Zijin Mining is not a concern, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore said. Speaking to a House of Commons committee on January 20, Fillmore…
Key insights from the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia is one of the world’s oil powerhouses, boasting the second-largest proven reserve of the slick stuff. Still, as the inaugural Future Minerals Forum recently held in Riyadh heard,…