July 4, 2023 Australia forecasts brutal lithium price correction as output surges Top producer of battery metal Australia sees spodumene prices holding up in 2023 but next year declines of nearly 40% are likely.
July 4, 2023 Argentina mining and energy output up 7.8% in May, driven by crude The country's crude oil production rose 9% in the month on an annual basis.
July 4, 2023 BYD picks Brazil for its first EV hub outside Asia Brazil’s market has the potential to develop in the same way as China’s, with hybrid vehicles gradually giving way to pure EVs, BYD says.
July 3, 2023 Los Andes Copper weighs funding options for Chile project including sale The company was recently authorized to restart drilling at Vizcachitas after fulfilling conditions laid out by an environmental court.
July 3, 2023 BYD takes next steps on $290 million lithium project in Chile BYD in April was granted access to preferential prices for lithium carbonate in the country.
July 2, 2023 Argentina to begin lithium battery production in Sept Argentina's first plant for lithium batteries will begin operations in September, using metal extracted locally by US company Livent Corp.
June 30, 2023 Brazil mining regulator squeezed by staffing, budget cuts, labor leader says Resources are stretched so thin at Brazil’s mining regulator that officials have walked off the job.
June 30, 2023 Glencore in talks to back Argentina lithium plant for future supply The commodities giant will sign an offtake agreement in exchange for helping to fund the lithium processing plant that Eramet is building with China’s Tsingshan.
June 30, 2023 Chile copper output falls 14% y/y in May The world's largest copper producing nation, which accounts for a quarter of the world’s mined metal, has seen its output stagnate
June 29, 2023 Electrical accident at Chile’s El Teniente copper mine leaves one dead El Teniente is an underground copper mine located in the Chilean Andes, 2,300 metres above sea level.
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