Private equity groups and other investors have grown emboldened by the lithium industry’s malaise, forging plans to invest billions of dollars in mining projects to develop the electric vehicle battery metal.
A more than 50% drop in lithium prices sin…
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Chilean miner SQM, the world’s No. 2 lithium producer, said a month of violent protests in the South American nation would not dent the company’s sales or volume forecasts for 2019.
Protests over inequality paralyzed major cities in the South American…
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Aim-listed Kodal Minerals has been granted two new three-year exploration licences for the Fariedele and Sogola Nord prospects near its Bougouni lithium project, in Mali.
The licences replace the former Madina licence area which was due for a final e…
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Australia-based ioneer on Thursday announced a fully underwritten institutional placement to professional and sophisticated investors to raise A$40-million, which would take the Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, in the US, through to a final invest…
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Lithium miner Galaxy Resources is targeting a final investment decision at the Sal de Vida project, in Argentina, by the second or third quarter next year.
The company on Monday told shareholders that a simplified flow sheet has been developed for the…
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Canadian lithium junior Nemaska Lithium on Friday announced that activities at the Whabouchi project would be shut down “shortly”, while efforts to complete an “optimised project financing structure” continued.
The announcement put further pressure on…
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Apple is using recycled rare earth elements in a key component of its newest iPhone 11 models, which hit the market in September. The recycled…
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Argentina’s lithium producers are cautiously optimistic that President-elect Alberto Fernandez’s incoming administration will not restrict capital flows or set other policies that could hamper their ability to supply the electric vehicle battery metal…
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French mining company Eramet plans to make a final investment decision (FID) in the first quarter of 2020 on its lithium development project in Argentina, with an aim to start production by the end of 2021, CEO Christel Bories said on Friday.
Eramet e…
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The burgeoning lithium industry, which produces the powerhouse metal used to make electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has entered its first major downturn, an unwelcome bruising for investors eager to help combat climate change. Albemarle Corp, Tianqi Lit…
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