Lithium outlook ‘bright as ever’ – Fitch report
Over the next ten years, the outlook for the lithium sector is “as bright as ever” amid fast production and demand growth, a new report from Fitch Solutions and Country…
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Lithium Americas, Ganfeng planning Stage 2 expansion at Caucharí-Olaroz
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) and partner Ganfeng Lithium have approved a second-stage expansion at the Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Jujuy province, Argentina. Caucharí-Olaroz, named after the two salars…
Ontario injects funds into Frontier Lithium’s processing pilot
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) said the Ontario government is injecting $363,000 (about US$300,000) into the company’s pilot of a proprietary process that seeks to overcome certain risks linked…
SQM shuns fears of higher taxes in Chile, fast-tracks expansions
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s No. 2 producer of lithium, doesn’t seem worried about potential higher taxes for miners in copper powerhouse Chile, as it is pushing ahead with planned…
Portugal may delay auction for lithium licenses to 2022
Portugal’s long-awaited auction of licenses to explore for lithium may have to wait until next year as the country faces some hurdles implementing a new mining law that grants municipalities…
Ganfeng Lithium chases Bacanora in US$265m deal
Shares in lithium explorer and developer Bacanora Minerals (LSE: BCN) jumped as much as 38% on May 6 after China’s Ganfeng Lithium, one of the world’s top lithium producers, offered the company…
Proposed new royalty unsettles miners in Chile
The return of high copper prices has come in the nick of time for Chile, but as the price for the red metal rallies, politicians believe the mining industry could…
CME starts trading lithium futures to tap EV demand
Commodities exchange operator CME Group launched on Monday a futures contract for lithium, seeking to capitalize on growing demand for the key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles…
Vale mulls base metals spinoff to tap EV market
Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s no.1 nickel producer, is evaluating a potential spinoff of its base metals division as part of the miner’s growing interest in the electric vehicles (EV)…
Millennial Lithium achieves high purity battery-grade lithium at Argentinian project
Millennial Lithium (TSXV: ML) announced that it was able to produce lithium carbonate of battery-grade purity from the first batch of brine processed through the company’s pilot plant at its…
Orocobre and Galaxy Resources to merge in $3B deal
Lithium miners Galaxy Resources (ASX: GXY) and Orocobre (TSX: ORL; ASX: ORE) have agreed to a merger that would create a US$3.1 billion (A$4 billion) company, set to be the world’s fifth largest producer…
Friedland: “It’s copper, copper, copper, copper, copper, copper …”
I’ve covered the mining industry for more than a decade and during that time have had many opportunities to listen to presentations and speeches by Ivanhoe Mines’ founder Robert Friedland….