me-metals: Chile’s government said it is moving forward with a simplified process to award lithium contracts in three salt flats, the mining ministry said on Tuesday.
News ID: 11910 Publish Date : 2025/04/23
me-metals: Nigeria and South Africa have signed an accord to boost cooperation in mining, Nigeria’s mines minister said on Thursday, highlighting Abuja’s push to diversify its economy away from oil.
News ID: 11892 Publish Date : 2025/04/18
me-metals: Argentina, the world’s fifth-largest lithium producer, expects to produce 130,800 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2025, a 75% increase from 2024, the Argentine Chamber of Mining Companies (CAEM) said Tuesday.
News ID: 11864 Publish Date : 2025/04/10
me-metals: Indian officials will visit Chile next week to discuss plans for four state companies to take a stake in two lithium projects of the world’s No. 2 producer of the metal, SQM, a source said.
News ID: 11853 Publish Date : 2025/04/06
me-metals: Lithium Americas said on Tuesday it has reached a final investment decision (FID) for constructing the first phase of the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada.
News ID: 11845 Publish Date : 2025/04/02
me-metals: The European Commission has identified 47 strategic projects which it hopes will kickstart the region’s critical minerals sector and reduce its dependence on imports, particularly from China.
News ID: 11841 Publish Date : 2025/03/30
me-metals: Tianqi Lithium Corp. warned volatility in lithium product prices and growing geopolitical risks may cloud its outlook as it swung to a first full-year loss since 2020 amid a prolonged battery metal rout.
News ID: 11838 Publish Date : 2025/03/29
me-metals: Bolivia is facing mounting public backlash over contracts signed with Chinese and Russian companies late last year to exploit its vast lithium reserves, with community groups arguing the agreements offer no real benefits to locals.
News ID: 11817 Publish Date : 2025/03/16
me-metals: Mining investment firm TechMet, which counts the US government as one of its largest investors, is looking to develop a major lithium project in central Ukraine.
News ID: 11807 Publish Date : 2025/03/12
me-metals: Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has officially completed its $6.7 billion acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (ASX: LTM)(NYSE: ALTM), which will become Rio Tinto Lithium.
News ID: 11801 Publish Date : 2025/03/07
me-metals: China last year committed more resources than ever to mining abroad as part of Xi Jinping’s global infrastructure program, a new study found, underscoring its growing grip on the metals supply chain just as fears of over-reliance on Beijing grow around the world.
News ID: 11787 Publish Date : 2025/03/01
me-metals: South African precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW)(NYSE: SBSW) has scrapped its planned investment in the Rhyolite Ridge lithium -boron project in the US state of Nevada, due in part to weak prices.
News ID: 11785 Publish Date : 2025/02/26
me-metals: Two Chinese manufacturers have taken over a Nigerian company that raised eyebrows in 2023 when it started building a lithium refinery in the country using a name that was very similar to one of the biggest and best-known Chinese producers.
News ID: 11757 Publish Date : 2025/02/14
me-metals: China’s Ganfeng Lithium has begun producing lithium at its Mariana project in northern Argentina, it said on Wednesday, kicking off one of several of its new lithium projects under way in the South American country.
News ID: 11754 Publish Date : 2025/02/14
me-metals: Exploration companies across Canada are hunting for lithium where it occurs in both hard rock and brines, located down old oil wells. But while prices of the critical mineral collapsed after their high of about $70,000 per tonne in late 2022 and currently remain low around $10,600 per tonne, exploration continues apace in Canada.
News ID: 11742 Publish Date : 2025/02/09
me-metals: Chile has wrapped up the initial phase of its efforts to award special lithium operation contracts (Ceols) to private companies, drawing applications from seven firms and consortiums.
News ID: 11738 Publish Date : 2025/02/06
me-metals: Image: Kobold Metals
KoBold Metals, backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is expanding its search for lithium and nickel to Namibia.
News ID: 11731 Publish Date : 2025/02/05
me-metals: India has scrapped customs duty on waste and scrap of a dozen critical minerals, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during her annual budget presentation on Saturday.
News ID: 11723 Publish Date : 2025/02/02
me-metals: The world’s second largest miner Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) plans to create a standalone lithium division after it closes its $6.7 billion acquisition of Arcadium Lithium (ASX: LTM)(NYSE: ALTM), according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
News ID: 11673 Publish Date : 2025/01/18
me-metals: Chile’s Codelco and Saudi Arabia are engaged in early-stage discussions about potential joint investments in the copper sector, the state-owned miner’s chairman Maximo Pacheco said on Friday.
News ID: 11670 Publish Date : 2025/01/18