May 11, 2023 Brazil seeks investor-friendly approach to lithium in bid to tap EV boom The main focus for now is attracting investors to produce and export lithium concentrate from Brazil’s hard rock deposits.
May 11, 2023 Albemarle aims to expand Chile lithium mine in 2028 with new technology Albemarle currently extracts the metal using mass evaporation ponds from brine taken from underground reservoirs.
May 11, 2023 American Lithium unit gets green light to explore new area in Peru The new exploration will allow the firm to expand its existing resources in the southern Puno region.
May 11, 2023 Head of new lithium giant building supply chain for Americas “America-centric is a big differentiator for us with customers, with investors,” said Livent CEO Paul Graves.
May 11, 2023 Scientists find two different types of water in lithium-rich salt flats US-based researchers have characterized for the first time two types of surface water in the hyperarid salars that contain much of the world’s lithium deposits.
May 11, 2023 Chile’s mining royalty bill heads for final vote The long-awaited and several times amended mining royalty bill is back at the lower chamber with a vote expected next week.
May 10, 2023 Allkem, Livent merge to create world’s third largest lithium miner The all-share business combination creates a giant lithium firm with forecasted production capacity of 248,000 tonnes of LCE a year.
May 9, 2023 Australia’s ioneer signs deal with US firm for lithium supply It has signed a commercial offtake agreement with Dragonfly Energy Holdings.
May 9, 2023 Thacker Pass lithium project faces court in June Lithium Americas is aiming to mine and process enough lithium carbonate on the Nevada site for batteries to power a million vehicles a year.
May 9, 2023 Glencore to build Europe’s largest battery recycling plant It has partnered up with Canada’s Li-Cycle to convert an old lead refinery in Italy into a facility to recover key metals from batteries.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
