SQM buys 30% stake in Australia’s Pirra Lithium
Chilean lithium giant SQM (NYSE: SQM) has agreed to buy a 30% interest in Australia’s Pirra Lithium, a junior launched in March from the combination of certain exploration assets in…
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Codelco in talks with Australia’s Lithium Power on potential deal
Australia’s Lithium Power International (ASX: LPI) confirmed Thursday it was in talks with Chilean state-owned copper miner Codelco about a potential deal to jointly mine for the battery metal in…
Great Southern Copper expands into lithium in Chile
Great Southern Copper (LSE: GSCU) announced on Wednesday it had secured the Monti lithium project in Chile’s Salar de Atacama salt flat for US$2.26 million ($3 million). The U.K.-based mineral…
Allkem update more than doubles James Bay lithium resource to 110M tonnes
An update to Allkem‘s (TSX: AKE; ASX: AKE) James Bay lithium project in northern Quebec has increased the resource by 173% over its previous estimate from December 2021, the company…
Chile to negotiate with lithium partners on case-by-case basis, says mining minister
Chile’s mining minister Marcela Hernando clarified the country had announced a strategy, not a policy.
RANKED: The world’s longest-lived battery metals mines under construction
With growing demand for battery metals including nickel, lithium and graphite, The Northern Miner has teamed up with our data provider Mining Intelligence to rank the top battery metals projects…
Chile to nationalize its lithium industry
The long-awaited policy sets ups a public-private model in which the state will partner with miners through a dedicated national lithium company.
RANKED: World’s top 10 biggest lithium mines
Lithium is a crucial component in the batteries that power the electric vehicles the world needs to accelerate the green energy transition. While lithium prices were white hot late last…
Would-be lithium miners eye Chile’s Maricunga Salar
Despite tight restrictions, an Australian junior is planning to begin construction of Chile’s first new lithium project in decades. Home to the world’s largest lithium reserves, Chile’s exports of the…
Chile to open up 400,000 tonnes of lithium reserves for exploration
Chile will open a tender for the exploration and production of 400,000 tonnes of lithium in an effort to reclaim market share and meet growing demand for the metal used in electric vehicles and high-tech devices. The copper-producing nation,…
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…
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…