October 2, 2017 Why lithium, why now? A global energy transition is underway, with lithium-ion as one of the leading energy storage technologies for both handheld technology and electric cars.
October 1, 2017 Chinese EV market nearing 2% penetration Plug-in-vehicle market in China surges to a record 1.8% of total passenger vehicle sales.
September 28, 2017 Clean-tech firm wins million-dollar contract with Northern Quebec mine BluMetric Environmental will provide its services to an unnamed major global company
September 28, 2017 Chinese carmaker to take $28m stake in Australian lithium company Great Wall will be involved in what seems to be the first direct investment in a lithium supplier by an automaker.
September 28, 2017 Novo Lítio to start drilling at Sweden’s Spodumenberget site Mapping of the area has shown presence of pegmatite outcrops over a strike length of 340m, up to 100m wide, with surrounding areas masked by glacial cover.
September 28, 2017 Chile sees no obstacle to Albemarle request to hike lithium output cap Albemarle said it could invest $1-billion in Chile over the next 5 years if request to the government to let it extract 125,000 tonnes per year is approved.
September 26, 2017 UK inventor James Dyson to launch electric car by 2020 The billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner said his company was building an electric car which will launch by 2020, the latest firm to challenge traditional carmakers in a…
September 26, 2017 BHP says 2017 a ‘tipping point’ for electric cars Arnoud Balhuizen, head of marketing at BHP, said the impact of the looming electric vehicle boom for raw materials producers would be felt first in the metals markets and only…
September 25, 2017 PotashCorp hires banks to lead sale of stake in Chilean lithium producer Rumours point at US chemical company Albenarle Corporation as the first potential buyer for PotashCorp interest in SQM, worth about $4.5 billion.
September 22, 2017 Johnson Matthey to invest 200m pounds in battery material technology The specialty chemicals company said the overall market "could be (worth) more than $30 billion (in) sales when battery electric vehicle penetration increases to around 10 percent.
US development-finance agency targets AI, minerals in expansion A key priority for the DFC’s expanded efforts will be critical minerals, especially in mid-stream processing projects. December 18, 2025 | 12:30 pm
