Mina do Barroso is expected to become Europe’s first significant producer of spodumene, a hard-rock form of lithium.

Capital raised will be used to advance the first stage of development of the company’s Sal de Vida lithium brine project.

Together with 27 other companies, they will lobby to reach 100% EV sales in the US by 2030.

Booming global electric car sales and growth in battery capacity lift MINING.COM EV Metal Index to monthly record and wipe out 2020 pandemic losses.

Ruling Morena party has introduced a draft bill calling for the battery metal to be deemed the exclusive property of the nation, with production controlled by the state.

The world’s largest lithium producer has accused Chilean miner and local regulators of seeking to keep secret a coveted report about the environmental impact of mining in Salar de Atacama.