Chile copper, lithium mines rattled by 7.4 quake
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Thursday night, 45 km outside San Pedro de Atacama, where the majority of the country’s vast copper and lithium mines are located. The…
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US lithium clay projects secure backing despite extraction hurdles
The United States’ great hope for domestic lithium supply could lie in the massive-scale, long-life sediment-hosted deposits in its southwestern region. And even with tricky metallurgy to overcome and higher…
Zeus resource update IDs higher-grade core at Noram’s lithium clay project
Noram Lithium (TSXV: NRM: US-OTC: NRVTF) gained 27% Thursday after a new resource estimate defined a high-grade core zone at the Zeus project in Nevada’s Clayton Valley. The clay project,…
Codelco targets 2030 start at Maricunga lithium project
Chile’s Codelco has started assessing partnership candidates for a lithium project in one of the country’s top salt flats, Maricunga, with the goal of kicking off production in 2030. The…
Codelco and SQM agree on final lithium deal
Chile’s state-run copper miner Codelco and the world’s second-largest lithium producer SQM (NYSE: SQM) inked a definitive agreement on Friday to jointly exploit the country’s vast deposits in the Salar…
Patriot drills high-grade lithium hits as resource upgrade nears
Shares in Patriot Battery Metals (TSX: PMET; US-OTC: PMETF; ASX: PMT) rose 4.5% to $6.93 apiece Wednesday on news about lithium assays as high as 1.66% lithium oxide (Li2O) at…
Miners struggle to finance projects even amid surging battery metal demand, IEA says in forecast
EVs could reach 17 million in 2024, accounting for more than one in five cars sold worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency.
Chile opens 26 lithium salt flats to private companies
Chile has revealed a long-awaited list of lithium-bearing salt flats that will be open to private investors with the goal of increasing local production of the battery metal by 70%…
JV Article: Argentina Lithium targets first resource by September
Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSX-V: LIT; US-OTC: LILIF), backed by Chrysler automaker Stellantis, says it’s drilling the Rincon West lithium brine project, located beside a Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
JV Video: Argentina Lithium & Energy drills Rincon West brine project
Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSX-V: LIT; US-OTC: PNXLF) is advancing the Rincon West brine project in the country’s north with exploration drilling, CEO Nikolaos Cacos says in a new video….
Albemarle lays off 300 employees amid lithium price slump
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world’s largest lithium producer, is said to have laid off more than 300 employees, or 4% of its total workforce, across its U.S. and global operations….
A roadmap for green metals after a brutal 2023
Last year was a bloodbath for mining stocks tied to the green energy transition. But with markets rallying in the early part of 2024, ‘green miners’ continue to lag. Unfortunately,…