January 19, 2021

Neo improves lithium carbonate purity level, shares up

Neo Lithium's stock hit a 52-week high Tuesday and is up 55% YTD.

January 19, 2021

Covid-restrictions force Lithium Australia out of Germany

The miner said that restrictions rendered the work in Saxony’s Ore Mountains “almost impossible.”

January 19, 2021

Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups

To be eligible, projects must have potential to cut global emissions by at least 500 million tonnes a year.

January 18, 2021

Lithium Americas shares surge on Thacker Pass approval

The US Bureau of Land Management gave final approval to the lithium mine in Nevada.

January 18, 2021

Shanghai booms as metals trading mirrors uneven recovery

China has led the industrial recovery from covid-19 with the rest of the world struggling to catch up.

January 18, 2021

UK hails first domestic production of battery-quality lithium

A consortium focused on developing the UK’s lithium supply chain has produced two lithium carbonate concentrates from local samples.

January 17, 2021

SQM says relations with indigenous communities are improving

SQM said it is is making progress in improving relations with the communities that live around the Atacama salt flat.

January 15, 2021

Miner gets closer to producing ‘green’ lithium for EV batteries

Australian startup Vulcan Energy claims it can produce battery-grade lithium without emitting carbon dioxide.

January 15, 2021

Metals behind EV revolution to resume volatile rally – again

Global EV sales are projected to surge 60% this year, according to BloombergNEF.

January 15, 2021

Inside SQM’s struggle to win over indigenous communities in Chile’s Atacama

Native communities that ring the Atacama worry that mining may be depleting scarce freshwater and lithium-rich brine, reducing its availability for people and wildlife.