SW US: New US lithium mines are coming
Albemarle’s (NYSE: ALB) Silver Peak mine in Nevada – the only active lithium resource in the United States – could soon have company. As many as nine new lithium mines…
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E3 eyes financing for Canada’s largest lithium play
E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF), whose total holdings represent Canada’s biggest lithium resource, plans to be shovel-ready, drive bank-led funding talks in earnest and reach a final investment decision by this time next year. The company is targeting first output by mid-2029 of 12,000 tonnes a year of battery-grade…
Texas Smackover sets grade high for lithium brine
Smackover Lithium, a joint venture between Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI; NYSE-A: SLI) and Norway state oil company Equinor (NYSE: EQNR), says it has North America’s highest lithium-in-brine grades in the…
DOE agrees to buy 5% stake in Lithium Americas
The United States’ Department of Energy (DOE) agreed to buy minority stakes in Lithium Americas (TSX, NYSE: LAC) and its Thacker Pass project in Nevada in exchange for authorizing funding…
Washington seeks Thacker Pass stake
The Trump administration now wants an initial 5-10% equity stake in Lithium Americas’ (TSX, NYSE: LAC) Thacker Pass project in Nevada as it seeks to renegotiate the terms of a…
Juniors test lithium waters in Arizona, New Mexico
Beyond some higher-profile projects in Nevada, juniors in Arizona and New Mexico are quietly advancing early-stage lithium plays from claystones and oilfield brines. The battery metal is emerging as a…
Trump to fast-track key U.S. mining projects
Permitting for key mining projects across the United States will be expedited as part of a plan by President Donald Trump to boost critical minerals production. A new executive order…
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…
Arkansas lithium projects heat up with royalty battle, huge underground resource
As Arkansas contends with booming lithium discoveries and investments by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) among others, the state faces a battle over the amount of…
Lithium firms’ shares rise after Rio Tinto buyout chatter
Shares in a handful of lithium players gained Friday after speculation in the daily publication The Australian that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) might bid to buy…
Lithium rout derails projects around the world, though some persist
Low lithium prices are forcing a raft of companies to delay spending on projects from Quebec to Nevada, from South America to Australia. General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a…
Global mining index soars as China, US stimulus converge
The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has gained 14% since Sept. 6 in its biggest jump this year after central banks cut interest rates, the United States signalled more battery metal…