February 20, 2022 New project to investigate if California’s Lithium Valley is world’s largest brine source of lithium A $1.2 million project has been launched to both quantify and characterize the lithium resource in the Salton Sea geothermal field in California.
February 18, 2022 Lithium prices rise on tight supply, strong China demand Chinese market participants were surprised that prices continued to rise rapidly after the recent Lunar New Year holidays.
February 18, 2022 Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner The mining state is looking to sell its 33% holding in CBL, Brazil’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide.
February 18, 2022 Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries Adamas Intelligence reports that 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by high nickel cathode chemistries.
February 17, 2022 France should start mining lithium at home, minister says Almost all the critical minerals currently come from outside the continent, with China dominating the global supply chain.
February 17, 2022 China’s renewables boom year poses major challenges to western markets Balancing reliance on China’s technology providers with local interests is now a key political as well as environmental challenge, says Wood Mackenzie.
February 17, 2022 IGO gets Western Areas’ shareholder Wyloo nod for $790m bid Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest-backed Wyloo Consolidated will vote its 9.8% stake in Western Areas in favor of IGO's bid.
February 16, 2022 Albemarle slides most ever on forecast letdown amid lithium boom The world’s largest miner of the metal raised its 2022 outlook, but investors were left wanting more.
February 16, 2022 Codelco to start lithium exploration in March Chilean state-owned mining firm received an environmental permit to develop Salar de Maricunga.
February 16, 2022 Cobalt powerhouse doubles down on nickel Umicore says the burgeoning electric-vehicle industry is switching to high-nickel batteries far faster than expected.
China pledges to control steel output during 2026-2030 period In the first 11 months of 2025, China's crude steel output fell 4% from a year earlier. December 27, 2025 | 08:20 am
