March 27, 2019

Galaxy Resources, Cree Nation sign pre-development deal

Galaxy Resources and the Cree Nation of Eastmain have entered into a pre-development agreement for the James Bay lithium mine.

March 25, 2019

Chile launches tender for value-added lithium projects

Chile would shortly begin accepting bids from local and foreign companies seeking to develop battery materials using discounted Chilean lithium provided by SQM.

March 22, 2019

Bacanora Lithium extends footprint in Germany with new licence

The company has secured a second five-year exploration licence in the Erzgebirge (meaning Ore Mountain) region of Saxony, which completely encloses its Zinnwald project.

March 21, 2019

Chinese electric vehicle makers are gorging on nickel

New report shows in January 2019, the Chinese market saw 253% more nickel deployed in passenger EV batteries compared to a year ago.

March 21, 2019

Amnesty accuses electric vehicles makers of using unethically sourced minerals

The problem, says Amnesty, is that no country legally requires companies to publicly report on their cobalt supply chains.

March 14, 2019

SQM receives environmental approval for Chile lithium plant expansion

The $400 million plant expansion, once complete, would allow the Chinese-backed SQM to eventually produce as much as 180,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate a year from its Atacama salt flat…

March 14, 2019

Southern Copper eyes lithium project in Mexico – CEO

Southern Copper had not made an offer on the lithium project in Mexico, but there's also a Chinese company that's interested.

March 14, 2019

Advantage Lithium replaces CEO in wake of college admissions scandal

Advantage Lithium has temporarily replaced CEO David Sidoo after he was arrested last week by U.S. authorities.

March 8, 2019

Tianqi Lithium to name three directors to SQM board next month

The world’s No.3 producer of the metal used in electric vehicle batteries said the candidates will be “fair” and “responsible toward shareholders”.

March 7, 2019

Advantage Lithium doubles Cauchari resource

Cauchari is now Argentina’s second largest development project.