June 29, 2025

Column: Congo’s cobalt dilemma unresolved by extended export ban

Neither are investors buying into an imminent turnaround in the market.

June 26, 2025

Lithium industry bemoans ‘paradox’ of low prices, rising demand

Oversupply from China, however, has dragged prices down more than 90% in the past two years.

June 26, 2025

Russia captures village in eastern Ukraine near lithium deposit

Soviet geologists who discovered the lithium deposit there in 1982 suggested it could be significant.

June 26, 2025

CHART: The brutal economics of EV battery lithium

Value of installed lithium in the average electric vehicle sold globally plummets by 89%.

June 25, 2025

SQM cuts 5% of Chile workforce as prices fail to bounce back

Lithium prices have plunged nearly 90% since their peak in late 2022.

June 25, 2025

China to overtake Australia as world’s top lithium miner by 2026, Fastmarkets says

Beyond mining, China for years has been the world's largest refiner of the ultralight metal, with roughly 70% market share.

June 25, 2025

US announces policy changes for offshore mineral development

US Interior Department said the new policies will "reduce delays, improve coordination and provide greater certainty for industry".

June 24, 2025

Gradiant to build lithium production plant in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Formation

The site, the company said, is the world’s first to extract, concentrate and convert lithium in a fully integrated, end-to-end process from oilfield produced water.

June 24, 2025

German battery production, trade decline; lobby urges action

Market volumes fell 16% in 2024 to a total value of $23.8B, mostly due to weaker demand for lithium-ion batteries.

June 24, 2025

Tata Motors says no panic on rare earth curbs, EV launches on track

Owner of luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said on Tuesday it is planning alternate sources for rare earth magnets.