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Shares of lithium miners off to the races

Shares in lithium producers soared on Tuesday with the sector getting caught up in the investor enthusiasm for electric vehicle pioneer Tesla. Tesla’s stock value has doubled since December, and…


BHP Billiton's majority-owned Escondida copper mine in northern Chile's Atacama desert. Source: BHP Billiton

BHP to supply desalinated water to Escondida

BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LON: BHP) Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world’s largest, will stop drawing fresh water from the Atacama salt flat, using instead desalinated water brought from its…




Wealth Minerals and Rosatom sign MOU

Russia’s state nuclear group Rosatom and Canada’s Wealth Minerals (TSXV: WML) are working towards a partnership at the junior’s Atacama lithium project in northern Chile.
The two companies signed a memorandum…


Tesla’s Gigafatory near Sparks, Nevada, where the company began producing lithium-ion batteries in January. Credit: Tesla.

Lithium producers ramp up

Lithium is heating up, with the price globally on the rise following higher demand. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates lithium production last year increased 12% due to a spike…





Waldo Perez, a geologist who was part of the team that discovered the Tres Quebrados lithium project. He is founder and CEO of NEO Lithium Corp., a private company he will be taking public. Credit: NEO Lithium Corp.

NEO Lithium hits high-grade

From satellite imagery, Tres Quebrados just looked like an ordinary freshwater lake in northwestern Argentina. But when Waldo Perez stuck his hands into the brownish liquid he discovered something else…


The processing plant built by Lithium Americas and Posco at the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina. Source: Lithium Americas

Lithium Americas finds a partner in Chilean giant SQM

Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) has taken a big stride in securing the technical backing to advance its Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine deposit in northwestern Argentina, as lithium fundamentals improve. The Vancouver-based junior…


Open-pit mining at Talison Lithium's Greenbushes lithium mine in southwestern Australia. Photo by Talison Lithium

Greenbushes bears fruit for Talison

Cash-rich Talison Lithium (TLH-T) booked record thirdquarter sales volume, revenue and net income from its high-grade Greenbushes lithium operation in southwestern Australia, and president and CEO Peter Oliver forecasts global demand for…


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