April 27, 2022

Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals

Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.

April 27, 2022

Australian universities get $173m in funding to turn critical minerals into products, services

The funds will go towards the development of the Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer hub.

April 25, 2022

Rosatom, Nornickel to develop lithium project in Russia

The two Russian companies plan to develop the Kolmozerskoye lithium deposit in the country’s northwestern Murmansk region.

April 24, 2022

Head of Mexico City government compares lithium nationalization to that of oil 84 years ago

Claudia Sheinbaum compared the initiative of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to that General Lázaro Cárdenas pushed in 1938.

April 24, 2022

Lithium Energy, Hanaq Group join forces to explore lithium deposits in Argentina

Lithium Energy and Hanaq Group want to find new lithium deposits in the Olaroz-Cauchari endorheic basin, located in Argentina’s northwestern Jujuy province.

April 22, 2022

SQM unveils largest electric fleet in Chilean mining industry

New fleet contributes to lithium miner’s sustainability plan to achieve carbon neutrality  by 2040.

April 22, 2022

Chile constitution drafters reject mining-adverse proposal

The 52 articles rejected sought tightening up the protection of the country’s natural resources, including copper and lithium.

April 22, 2022

‘Mr. Lithium’ warns there’s not enough battery metal to go around

Batteries, and more precisely battery metals, are poised to replace chips as the new bottleneck for the auto industry, writes Gabrielle Coppola.

April 21, 2022

Musk wants more lithium for EVs but very few places have it

Elon Musk wants more lithium, but only a handful of countries can supply the material key to the electrification of transportation, at least for now.

April 21, 2022

New tech will free cheaper, cleaner lithium supply – report 

Elon Musk warns investors about lithium supply, but a new McKinsey report says geothermal, oilfield brines and new extraction technology can meet seven-fold demand growth.