January 4, 2024

Lithium price plummet due to continue

Australia, which mined about half the world’s lithium in 2022, forecasts the spot price of spodumene will fall to $2,200 per tonne in 2025.

January 4, 2024

Wealth Minerals releases positive PEA for $1.15bn Kuska lithium project in Chile

Baseline capital expenditures are estimated at $749 million, including $44 million to be spent on additional exploration and permitting.

January 3, 2024

Li-FT hits 1.45% lithium oxide over 26 metres at Big East pegmatite near Yellowknife

The company completed 34,238 metres of drilling at the Yellowknife project last year.

January 3, 2024

Top lithium miners eye partnership with Chilean government

Lithium miners and the government have been holding meetings to explore potential public-private partnerships.

January 2, 2024

Pan Asia Metals to buy large Chilean lithium project

Tama Atacama is one of the largest lithium brine projects in South America, covering about 1,200km2 across three Chilean salt flats.

December 29, 2023

Channel samples at Frontier Lithium’s Pennock pegmatite return high grades

Highlights of the results include 3 metres grading 1.8% lithium oxide.

December 28, 2023

Chile president praises Codelco, SQM lithium deal ensuring state control

SQM said it would partner with Codelco for the future development and production of lithium in the Atacama salt flat.

December 27, 2023

Codelco, SQM ink lithium partnership agreement

The two companies agreed to form a new company in which Codelco will have a majority stake.

December 27, 2023

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.

December 22, 2023

US claims huge chunk of seabed amid strategic push for resources

The US extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California.