May 6, 2019 Wesfarmers’ soft bid for Kidman spotlights lithium’s financing issues Wesfarmers' bid for Australia's Kidman Resources undervalues the lithium miner, analysts said on Friday.
May 3, 2019 Tesla warns of coming battery minerals shortage The electric vehicles pioneer is worried about the effects of booming demand for EVs will have on the supply of minerals needed to manufacture rechargeable batteries.
May 2, 2019 Pure Energy inks deal with Schlumberger subsidiaries for Clayton Valley lithium project Among the commitments in the deal, the investor may earn into the option for the project by constructing a $20 million pilot plant for the processing of lithium brine.
May 1, 2019 Wesfarmers bets on electric cars with $544m bid for Australian lithium miner Kidman The offer of A$1.90 per share represents a premium of 47.3% to Kidman's last closing price.
May 1, 2019 World Bank, Germany, Rio and Anglo set up “climate smart” mining fund The World Bank is targeting a total investment of $50 million, to be deployed over a 5-year timeframe.
May 1, 2019 INFOGRAPHIC: Metals and minerals used in renewable power generation Global demand for strategic minerals like lithium, graphite and nickel will skyrocket by 965%, 383% and 108% respectively by 2050, according to the World Bank’s updated 2018 projections.
April 30, 2019 US has battery problem in race for electric car supremacy But with demand for lithium set to boom from above 300,000 tons a year to a million tons by 2025, mining companies need to grow fast and they prefer to…
April 30, 2019 Royalties for lithium to be set case by case in Chile – minister Chile's government had been studying various options for royalty payments.
April 29, 2019 Nemaska receives independent audit report from BBA The results validate the company's own internal cost-to-complete construction assessment as of Feb. 13, 2019.
April 29, 2019 Australia’s Alliance Mineral inks key lithium deal with Chinese EV firm Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to…
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