Lithium Americas nets $250M from Orion for Thacker
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) says Orion Resource Partners is investing $250 million (C$357 million) to help develop and build the Thacker Pass lithium project’s first stage in Nevada….
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Rio Tinto creates lithium unit after completing $6.7B Arcadium deal
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE, NYSE: RIO) has officially completed its $6.7-billion (C$9.57-billion) acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (ASX: LTM; NYSE: ALTM), which will become Rio Tinto Lithium. The newly formed unit…
Trump, Zelenskyy nix minerals deal
United States President Donald Trump and his Ukraine counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy cancelled a mineral rights and security agreement at the White House on Friday after a news conference degenerated into…
SQM expands into Africa with $40M Namibia deal
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second largest lithium producer, has received approval from Namibian regulators to proceed with an earn-in agreement worth up to US$40 million with South Africa-based…
Avalon bumps Separation Rapids lithium resource by 28% in Ontario
Avalon Advanced Materials (TSX: AVL; US-OTC: AVLNF) has boosted measured and indicated tonnage at its Separation Rapids hard rock lithium project in northwestern Ontario by 28% over a resource from…
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…
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…