September 30, 2021 Albemarle to buy Chinese lithium firm for $200 million With the acquisition of Guangxi Tianyuan, the world’s top lithium producer is expanding its battery metal conversion capacity.
September 29, 2021 Australia’s Core Lithium starts construction at flagship Finniss project Finniss is the first lithium mine in the Northern Territory.
September 29, 2021 Canada’s export agency expresses interest in Lake Resources’ Kachi lithium project The inclusion of the Canadian agency would not increase the level of potential project financing for the project in Argentina.
September 28, 2021 North Carolina county zoning changes to affect Piedmont Lithium project Piedmont has already spent $58 million on the project, which would produce about 30,000 tonnes of lithium annually.
September 28, 2021 CATL confirmed to be Millennial Lithium buyer in $297m deal The Chinese battery maker will acquire Millennial at a price of C$3.85 per share, a premium of 6.9% over the offer by Ganfeng.
September 28, 2021 Australia to set up $1.5bn loan facility for critical minerals projects Australia is a major supplier of critical minerals, such as nickel, copper and cobalt.
September 28, 2021 Over 150m households, 23m businesses could switch to solar by 2050 — report According to BloombergNEF and Schneider Electric, careful policy design could unlock a massive rooftop solar market around the world.
September 27, 2021 AVZ Minerals secures Chinese backing for DRC lithium project Suzhou CATH has agreed to invest more than $400 million to become a partner in the Australian explorer’s Manono project in southern DRC.
September 25, 2021 Ranked: The top 10 EV battery manufacturers With increasing interest in electric vehicles from consumers, the market for lithium-ion EV batteries is now a $27 billion per year business.
September 24, 2021 China’s Chengxin, Tsingshan team up for $350m Indonesia lithium project The partners will build a plant to make lithium chemicals in Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park on the island of Sulawesi.
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