After completing its phase two and three drill programs at its flagship Cauchari lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina, Advantage Lithium has more than doubled the project’s resource. Based on its new measured and indicated resources, the company says Cauchari is now Argentina’s second largest development project.
News ID: 3906 Publish Date : 2019/03/08
Cobalt prices were surging so much last year that thieves were carrying out elaborate heists at warehouses in Europe’s busiest port. Now, prices are in free fall and mining companies are taking the financial hit.
News ID: 3813 Publish Date : 2019/03/02
The Peruvian government will likely grant Southern Copper Corp a construction license for its $1.4 billion Tia Maria project before its environmental permit expires in August, the energy and mines minister told Reuters on Thursday.
News ID: 3812 Publish Date : 2019/03/02
Canada’s Portofino Resources (TSXV: POR) (FSE: POT) executed an amended agreement this week with a private Argentine concession to acquire a 100% interest in the Yergo lithium project in the northwestern Catamarca province.
News ID: 3790 Publish Date : 2019/03/01
Lithium miners have set their eyes on Portugal, a country that doesn’t scream “mining” like other jurisdictions, but which already is Europe's biggest producer of the commodity, thanks to the surge in popularity of electric vehicles (EVs).
News ID: 3729 Publish Date : 2019/02/24
Sydney- and Toronto-listed lithium chemicals producer Orocobre expects to achieve an average lithium carbonate sales price of around $9,000/t in the January-March quarter of its July 2018-June 2019 fiscal year, reflecting the continuing weakness in lithium prices.
News ID: 3707 Publish Date : 2019/02/22
Nemaska Lithium's (TSE: NMX) stock plummeted Wednesday after disclosing it has been forced to revise the budget for the Whabouchi lithium mine and Shawinigan electrochemical plant upward by C$375 million. The company, with a $300 market cap on the TSX, clawed back some of the early day's losses, but still closed the day down 35%.
News ID: 3626 Publish Date : 2019/02/14
American Manganese (TSX.V: AMY; FRANK: 2AM) announced this week that its partner, Kemetco Research, started the processing of a select sample of cathode scrap material through Stages 1 and 2 of a Pilot Plant built to recycle cobalt, nickel, manganese, and aluminum.
News ID: 3599 Publish Date : 2019/02/08
Bolivia has chosen a Chinese consortium to help it produce lithium , the government said on Wednesday, giving China a potential foothold in the country's huge untapped reserves of the prized electric battery metal.
News ID: 3593 Publish Date : 2019/02/07
As expansion programs at South American brine operations slow down, the bulk of new lithium capacity is coming from hard rock mines.
News ID: 3566 Publish Date : 2019/02/05
A study by Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global lead production, excluding that of China, will increase in 2019 by about 250 kt, which is equivalent to over 10% of current output.
News ID: 3552 Publish Date : 2019/02/04
Last year saw perhaps less exuberance in the lithium sector. The muted response to the IPOs of industry majors Ganfeng and Livent (ex-FMC) probably best exemplified the lull in excitement. Meanwhile, stocks of already traded lithium companies also had a painful time of it in 2018.
News ID: 3513 Publish Date : 2019/01/31
Following the development of a copper-graphene nanocomposite that adds 3% graphene to pure copper, Codelco Tech, a subsidiary of the world’s top copper producer, and engineering innovation firm Ennomotive chose three people to lead the creation of applications where the new material can be practically used.
News ID: 3451 Publish Date : 2019/01/28
Perth-based lithium producer Pilbara Minerals is on track with ramping up the first stage of its Pilgangoora project in Western Australia after producing 47,859t of 6pc spodumene concentrate and 56,634 lbs of tantalum concentrate in October-December, its first quarter of production.
News ID: 3399 Publish Date : 2019/01/25
Chile’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), the world’s second largest producer of lithium , used in batteries that power electric cars and high tech devices, has taken measures to protect sensitive information from China’s Tianqi Lithium, which recently acquired almost a quarter of the company.
News ID: 3395 Publish Date : 2019/01/25
Chile’s nuclear watchdog CCHEN is considering an investigation into potential fraud after an audit found that the agency for decades failed to properly record exports of ultralight battery metal lithium , documents obtained by Reuters show.
News ID: 3307 Publish Date : 2019/01/17
Canada’s Cobalt 27 Capital (TSXV: KBLT)(OTCQX: CBLLF)(FRA: 27O) is tapping into the lithium sector by acquiring a royalty of 1.5% of gross revenues and A$2 per tonne of ore mined at the Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia, the latest in a series of major deals the company has announced in less than a year.
News ID: 3199 Publish Date : 2019/01/08
Australian miner Galaxy Resources Ltd said on Monday it has received several offers from potential partners for its flagship Sal de Vida project in Argentina.
News ID: 3132 Publish Date : 2019/01/01
SANTIAGO – Chile will delay a previously announced arbitration with Albemarle Corp (ALB.N), the world’s top lithium producer, in anticipation that the US-based miner will make a new offer to bring it into compliance with a 2016 contract, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters.
News ID: 3105 Publish Date : 2018/12/29
Russia's state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom has offered Chile's government technology it says can boost output of lithium , a key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries, according to lobbyist transparency filings reviewed by Reuters.
News ID: 3097 Publish Date : 2018/12/28