June 11, 2019 Saving the earth with electric cars means wrecking a fragile desert Extracting Atacama’s lithium means pumping large amounts of water and churning up salty mud known as brine—and that’s having an irreversible impact on the local environment.
June 11, 2019 Albemarle declines to participate in LME lithium contract The LME said in a statement to Reuters that it respects the right of companies to operate in whatever ways best suit their needs.
June 10, 2019 Tianqi says happy ‘for now’ with stake in SQM Tianqi last December bought a 23.8 percent share in SQM from Canadian fertilizer company Nutrien for $4.1B, the largest deal in history for a lithium asset.
June 10, 2019 London Metal Exchange and Fastmarkets to set lithium price benchmark The exchange will work Fastmarkets to provide the reference price lithium, a key component in the batteries that power electric vehicles and high-tech devices.
June 7, 2019 Sweden eyes Peru’s lithium According to Sweden's Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Promotion, the country has become lithium-thirsty due to an increase in demand for electric cars.
June 5, 2019 Estimated 5 million tonnes of lithium deposits found in southwest China The find potentially curbs the nation's reliance on imports of the material used in electric vehicle batteries.
June 3, 2019 Lithium mining superpowers seek riches as battery makers The race by Tesla, Samsung and other technology giants to secure supplies of lithium is creating a unique chance for two global mining superpowers to reap more value from their…
May 28, 2019 Portofino receives encouraging results from Yergo lithium brine project in Argentina Samples returned values of up to 373 mg/L lithium, and up to 8,001 mg/L potassium.
May 23, 2019 Kidman Resources accepts Wesfarmers $534m takeover bid Wesfarmers is working with Kidman towards developing a large-scale, long-life and high-grade lithium hydroxide project in Western Australia.
May 23, 2019 China’s sway over tech metals under scrutiny after Huawei swoop China’s grip on the world’s rare earths market is in focus once again amid speculation the dominant producer could choke off supplies as the trade war escalates.
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