May 14, 2019

Livent aims to boost lithium sales to EV sector by 2020

Historically the company has supplied the white metal for use in greases and other industrial products.

May 14, 2019

BHP to keep Nickel West, Rio looks to Jadar lithium for battery boom

The biggest mining companies say they are well positioned to provide the metals needed for the shift to EV technology.

May 14, 2019

US faces hurdles in push to build electric vehicle supply chain

The US faces stiff challenges as it moves to create its own electric vehicle supply chain, with the extent of the country's metal reserves largely unknown and only a few…

May 14, 2019

Rio Tinto may start mining lithium in Serbia by 2023

No decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the Jadar, which is estimated to contain 10% of the…

May 13, 2019

Volkswagen to make batteries in Germany, slim down

Volkswagen will invest almost 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in battery cell production at a facility in western Germany.

May 10, 2019

World’s largest hard rock lithium mine to get bigger

Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, obtained an environmental approval for the A$516-million ($361m) expansion of the Greenbushes mine in Western Australia.

May 9, 2019

Albemarle touts new project to boost its Chilean lithium output by 30%

The world's largest producer of lithium has teased the industry for more than a year that it has production-enhancing technology.

May 8, 2019

Albemarle’s lithium sales drop after Chilean rains

The world's largest producer of lithium used to make electric vehicle batteries posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday.

May 8, 2019

Livent shares tumble 22% on sales miss, guidance cut

Lithium chemicals supplier Livent Corp. saw its shares tumble by over 22% on Wednesday on the back of a disappointing Q1 earnings release.

May 7, 2019

Lithium prices from Chile decline even as demand soars

Chile exported lithium carbonate at an average price of $12,183 per tonne, 0.9% down from the same period a year earlier.