Sibanye dumps $490M lithium investment
South African precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) has scrapped its planned investment in the Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada due in part to weak prices for…
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Fury Gold to buy Quebec Precious Metals
Fury Gold Mines (TSX, NYSE: FURY) has agreed to buy Quebec Precious Metals (TSXV: QPM, OTC-BB: CJCFF) for about $4.1 million to expand its exploration portfolio in the James Bay…
Sigma Lithium set to double production capacity in Q4
Sigma Lithium (TSXV, NASDAQ: SGML) is on track to double its production capacity in 2025, anticipating the commissioning of a second lithium beneficiation plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in the…
Spotlight: Energy transition metals shine
Investments in clean energy and artificial intelligence infrastructure are driving demand for critical minerals — from silver for solar panels to copper for wiring to nickel and lithium for batteries….
Grim lithium faces Trump-Musk EV irony
Even though Tesla boss Elon Musk is fresh from his Oval Office press conference this week with President Donald Trump, Republicans elsewhere in the capitol are moving to kill incentives…
Global Lithium fights alleged Chinese takeover
Australia’s Global Lithium Resources (ASX: GL1) has called on the government to intervene in what it describes as a takeover attempt by Chinese investors targeting its flagship asset, the Manna…
Infographic: Lithium exploration in Canada
Exploration companies across Canada are hunting for lithium where it occurs in both hard rock and brines, located down old oil wells. But while prices of the critical mineral collapsed…
Stardust Power breaks ground on US$1.2B lithium refinery in Oklahoma
Stardust Power (NASDAQ: SDST), an American developer of battery-grade lithium products, officially broke ground this week on its US$1.2 billion refinery at the Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Okla. The…
Savannah gains on larger lithium zone in Portugal
Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV), the British company behind the Barroso lithium project — Europe’s largest in spodumene — said new exploration results point to a larger deposit than previously estimated…
Standard Lithium, Equinor secure US$225M to develop Arkansas project
Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) announced on Thursday that it has closed a US$225-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to to support the stage-one construction of the South West…
Financing: US Energy Dept. hands out billions
In mid-December, the U.S Department of Energy announced a conditional loan of US$755 million to battery materials and technology company Novonix to build a plant in Tennessee for manufacturing synthetic…
Lithium Ionic grows Baixa Grande resource by 32%, boosting Brazil’s lithium ambitions
Lithium Ionic (TSXV: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) has boosted its lithium resource for the Baixa Grande project in Minas Gerais by 32%, reinforcing Brazil’s growing role in the global lithium market….