April 24, 2023 Argentina’s lithium pipeline promises ‘white gold’ boom as Chile tightens control Neighboring Chile last week unveiled plans for a state-led public-private model.
April 24, 2023 Chile’s lithium nationalization shines light on emerging tech DLE technologies are designed to extract the metal using filters, membranes, ceramic beads or other equipment.
April 24, 2023 US-based researchers develop efficient process to transform scrap aluminum into new vehicle parts A new process reduces more than 50% of the embodied energy and more than 90% of the CO2 emissions used for transforming scrap aluminum into new vehicle parts.
April 24, 2023 SQM weighs hard choices in Chile amid $3.7bn share wipeout SQM, the fertilizer-turned-lithium giant, runs the planet’s biggest and most profitable brine operation in Chile’s northern desert.
April 24, 2023 Wyloo tightens grip on nickel explorer Mincor The miner, owned by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest, has locked in a 51.24% interest in its takeover target.
April 23, 2023 Glencore CEO’s first big move: chasing mining’s toughest prize The bitter Teck-Glencore brawl is headed for a potential climax this week.
April 23, 2023 Argentina plans to produce 200,000 tonnes of lithium by 2025 Argentina expects lithium exports to reach $5.6 billion by 2025 based on the production of 200,000 annual tonnes of the battery metal.
April 22, 2023 Russian billionaires see wealth rise to over half a trillion dollars Vladimir Potanin, president and biggest shareholder of Nornickel, was ranked as the second richest in Russia.
April 21, 2023 Top stocks plummet after Chile brings lithium industry under state control Shares in the world’s top two lithium producers are tanking after Chile said their contracts will not be renewed and prices for the battery metal continue to fall.
April 21, 2023 Tianqi drops bid for Essential Metals as M&A heats up Tianqi dropped its $91 million plan to buy Essential after it failed to secure the backing.
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