February 4, 2019

Lithium price: Spodumene is getting crushed

Hard rock lithium concentrate swamping China drops spodumene prices 17% in January with more pain likely.

February 4, 2019

Zimbabwe looks to alleviate foreign currency shortages -mines minister

"At the end of the day it is an issue of balancing the needs of investors with the needs of the country"

February 4, 2019

Lithium Energy Products wants to buy fluorite operation in Utah

The mine is part of the assets the Vancouver-based miner is getting as part of its acquisition of all of American Strategic Minerals' assets.

February 1, 2019

Lithium giant’s landmark deal is big step to battery ‘dream’

Chile's development agency Corfo doesn't know whether the county we’ll ever make vehicles, but it would like to at least see battery parts produced locally.

January 30, 2019

Lithium and cobalt – what to look for in 2019

While lithium spot prices moved only one way in 2018, cobalt experienced more of a rollercoaster ride.

January 29, 2019

Global energy transition powers surge in demand for metals

The number of electric vehicles will increase 1,389% – to 125 million from three million – by 2030.

January 29, 2019

Oversold lithium could be about to rally

“sleepwalking into a tsunami of oversupply”

January 29, 2019

Indonesia plans electric vehicle incentives for foreign car makers

Indonesian officials targeting 20% EV production by 2025.

January 29, 2019

Rethinking mining strategies among the top-10 global trends to shape 2019

Mining companies now need to determine how to operate in a market that is characterized by rising stakeholder demands, a widening talent gap, as well as dwindling access to key…

January 28, 2019

In the new lithium ‘Great Game,’ Germany edges out China in Bolivia

"This partnership secures lithium supplies for us and breaks the Chinese monopoly" - Wolfgang Tiefensee economy minister of the German state of Thuringia, an automotive manufacturing hub.