Get ready for more disputes about what’s ‘mine’ and theirs
Eleven years ago, The Northern Miner ran a story titled “How Mexico reclaimed its mantle as a top mining nation.” The piece recounted how the nation opened up investment and…
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Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Ganfeng
Less than a week after Ganfeng Lithium filed an arbitration case against Mexico over a cancelled lithium mining concession, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government would seek…
Ganfeng buys 15% slice of Lithium Argentina’s Pastos Grandes
Lithium Argentina (TSX: LAAC; NYSE: LAAC), the recent spinout of Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC), says it is selling 15% of its Pastos Grandes project in Argentina to a…
Lithium market transition comes with delays, layoffs and M&As — Wood Mac
The lithium market is being shaken-up by a sharp, sustained slump in prices and a demand slowdown, which has disrupted projects and forced miners to cut production and look for…
Lithium Americas produces first carbonate at Argentina’s Caucharí-Olaroz
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) has produced its first lithium carbonate at the Caucharí-Olaroz project in Argentina’s Jujuy province. While the material is not battery-quality, the miner noted that…
Argentina says new projects will boost lithium production fivefold by 2025
Argentina, the world’s fourth largest global lithium supplier, says it’s on track to reach 200,000 tonnes annual production by 2025. That’s thanks to the development of six new projects in…
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 Americas trumps CATL with US$400 million offer to buy Millennial Lithium
The offer represents a 22.1% premium over CATL’s previous bid of $377 million.
Ganfeng Lithium lands fresh three-year supply deal with Tesla
Ganfeng Lithium, China’s No.1 producer of the battery metal, has signed a new contract with Tesla to supply the electric vehicles maker with battery-grade lithium hydroxide products for three years…
International Lithium sells remaining stake in Mariana project to Ganfeng
Mariana is considered one of the biggest lithium deposits in the world.
Bacanora Lithium accepts Ganfeng’s US$391M takeover offer
China’s Ganfeng Lithium, one of the world’s top producers of the battery metal, is going ahead with the takeover of Bacanora Lithium (LSE: BCN) as the Mexico-focused explorer and developer has accepted a sweetened £284.8…
Ganfeng Lithium to buy 50% of Mali mine for $130 million
Ganfeng also wants at least half of Goulamina’s first-phase annual output, estimated in 455,000 tonnes of spodumene.