April 15, 2019 Savannah Resources to take full control of lithium mine in Portugal Mina do Barroso mine could become the first European supplier of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral.
April 15, 2019 American Manganese’s lithium-ion battery recycling technology achieves high recovery rates An independent lab ran a series of tests and average recovery rates ranged from 91.4% to 94%.
April 12, 2019 Orocobre and Toyota green light lithium hydroxide plant in Japan The majority of production will feed the Japanese battery industry and will be sourced from the lithium carbonate produced from Orocobre’s Olaroz mine in Argentina.
April 12, 2019 China’s General Lithium to launch 60,000 T spodumene converter by end of 2020 China's fourth-biggest lithium producer, plans to start building a plant to convert mineral ore to lithium that will more than triple its capacity.
April 12, 2019 Lithium giant lifts outlook with 2018 fizzle in rear-view mirror Chile's SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium miner, said expansion plans had gone better than expected and that sales would likely beat its forecasts for this year.
April 11, 2019 Asia’s mining sector offsets risk with reward — report Mongolia has emerged as an investment hot spot for untapped reserves.
April 11, 2019 Tianqi agrees truce in battle over Chilean lithium miner SQM Tianqi's $4.1B purchase of a 24% stake in SQM went through in December, but the Chinese firm has faced push back.
April 11, 2019 Australia to host battery research centre The centre will investigate opportunities for greater efficiencies in the extraction and refinement of battery minerals.
April 10, 2019 Electric-vehicle tax credits get a bipartisan boost in senate The legislation would grant automakers a $7,000 tax credit for an additional 400,000 vehicles after they reach the 200,000 vehicle cap.
April 9, 2019 Frontier Lithium shows depth at Spark pegmatite The company recently drilled 1,340 metres across five holes at the Spark pegmatite zone, part of its PAK lithium project in Ontario. All five holes intersected significant spodumene pegmatite.
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
