Lithium heavyweight Chile woos Japan to develop local industry

Unions, including the United Auto Workers, worry that providing concessions to other nations would undermine the goal of bringing jobs and investment to the US.

Harita operates the country’s first high-pressure acid leaching smelter on Obi island in North Maluku.

Explosion of exploration for lithium around the world.

Lithium miner chose Chester County as the location for a  processing plant it hopes will cement its status as a cornerstone of the rapidly growing US electric vehicle industry.

Lockheed’s sudden departure leaves no Western mining contractor with pockets deep enough to finance the billions of dollars needed to launch a seabed mining operation.

The plant will produce materials to power over 500,000 batteries every year, the company said.

Chile’s government plans to require all new lithium projects to tap a production technique that’s barely used commercially anywhere in a bid to reduce water losses.

Sprott Nickel Miners ETF is the only US-listed exchange-traded fund focused on nickel mining companies.

In 2022, lithium exports surged 234% from a year earlier.