Great Southern Copper expands into lithium in Chile
Great Southern Copper (LSE: GSCU) announced on Wednesday it had secured the Monti lithium project in Chile’s Salar de Atacama salt flat for US$2.26 million ($3 million). The U.K.-based mineral…
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Billionaire Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting takes major stake in Liontown
Hancock Prospecting, owned by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, confirmed on Monday market rumours indicating her company had increased its stake in lithium miner Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR), which recently accepted…
Allkem update more than doubles James Bay lithium resource to 110M tonnes
An update to Allkem‘s (TSX: AKE; ASX: AKE) James Bay lithium project in northern Quebec has increased the resource by 173% over its previous estimate from December 2021, the company…
Albemarle moves ahead with Kemerton plant expansion
It has awarded a A$200 million ($135m) contract to engineering company Monadelphous Grouppertaining.
MinRes backs out of Chinese investment deal with Albemarle
Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) has pulled the plug on a billion-dollar deal that would have seen it acquire a stake in downstream assets in China owned by lithium giant…
Site visit: Unearthing the lithium ‘gold rush’ in Nevada
While precious metals-focused juniors are working to revive Nevada’s tired Tonopah Silver District, lithium discoveries to the north, west and south of the desert town’s doorstep could again kick the…
Stelar Metals secures 90% stake in Trident lithium project
Critical minerals explorer Stelar Metals (ASX: SLB) has completed the acquisition of mining tenements in New South Wales, Australia, which include the Trident Lithium project. The deal with the state…
Mineral Resources ends lithium deal with Ganfeng
As a result, the Australian lithium miner has withdrawn its production forecast for Mt Marion mine.
SQM and Codelco kick off talks over lithium partnership
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium miner, and Chile’s state-owned copper miner Codelco have formally begun talks aimed at setting up a public-private partnership to extract the battery metal…
Chile to negotiate with lithium partners on case-by-case basis, says mining minister
Chile’s mining minister Marcela Hernando clarified the country had announced a strategy, not a policy.
Chile to nationalize its lithium industry
The long-awaited policy sets ups a public-private model in which the state will partner with miners through a dedicated national lithium company.
BofA turns bearish on lithium
New lithium supplies coming to market from at least six new projects in the next six months will exacerbate the price pressures the battery-making ingredient has been grappling with the…