July 15, 2024 Chile rejects Tianqi’s appeal for vote in SQM-Codelco lithium deal Chile's financial regulator had allowed a planned lithium joint venture between SQM and Codelco to proceed without a vote by SQM shareholders.
July 15, 2024 Portugal’s mining strategy may favour copper over lithium Portugal already has the largest copper mine in the European Union, operated by Lundin Mining.
July 15, 2024 Europe needs way to price critical minerals independently of China, group says Oversupply and weak prices of materials such as lithium, cobalt and rare earths are dampening cash flows of Western start-ups.
July 14, 2024 Liontown signs new deal to supply spodumene to China The short-term deal is to ship 100,000 dry metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to Beijing Sinomine over 10 months.
July 14, 2024 Column: After another boom and bust, where next for lithium? There was a similar boom-bust cycle in 2016-2017 but the difference this time is that no-one seems to be expecting a speedy recovery.
July 12, 2024 Weak market for critical minerals seen dampening Western efforts to counter China Lithium price has tumbled by more than 80% since the beginning of 2023.
July 12, 2024 Zinnwald lithium project is now Europe’s 3rd largest Zinnwald now expects to churn out 16,000tpa to 18,000tpa of battery grade lithium at the project in Germany — a 50% increase.
July 11, 2024 Chilean lithium to be eligible for US tax break The IRA requires a certain percentage of the critical metals in the battery come from the US or a country with which it has a free trade agreement.
July 11, 2024 Savannah sees potential to expand Barroso lithium project in Portugal Barroso is slated to be Western Europe's largest spodumene lithium mine.
July 11, 2024 Serbian top court clears path for Rio Tinto’s Jadar lithium project Serbian top court ruled on Thursday that the government's decision in 2022 to revoke Rio's permit for the project was unconstitutional.
Goldman flags record gold, weak oil in 2026 commodity picks The base case for gold is a rally to $4,900 an ounce, with risks to the upside, Goldman said. December 19, 2025 | 07:22 am
