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Lithium lowdown: Q4 2023 roundup and analysis

A critical review of current developments in the global lithium industry and key takeaways by Chris Williams, Analyst at Adamas Intelligence.

Chris Williams – Adamas Intelligence | January 5, 2024 | 1:48 pm

Fatal blast in Indonesia puts battery metal ambitions in spotlight ahead of presidential vote

Some 200 million Indonesians will vote for a new leader…

Bloomberg News | January 5, 2024 | 10:11 am

Blade runners: how LFP batteries brought EV metal markets back to earth

In a few short years, LFP batteries crushed nickel and…

Frik Els | January 5, 2024 | 9:48 am

Lithium price plummet due to continue

Australia, which mined about half the world’s lithium in 2022,…

Colin McClelland | January 4, 2024 | 1:45 pm

Wealth Minerals releases positive PEA for $1.15bn Kuska lithium project in Chile

Baseline capital expenditures are estimated at $749 million, including $44…

Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 10:42 am

Lithium industry leads employment growth in Argentina’s mining sector

Employment in Argentina’s lithium mining sector grew by 68% year-over-year.

Staff Writer | May 14, 2023 | 2:47 am

Lithium Americas’ breakup is really about China, executive says

The company announced a plan in November to separate its Argentine and North American units into two separate entities.

Bloomberg News | May 12, 2023 | 1:58 pm

Quebec energy shortfall hurts EV supply chain, says lithium CEO

“Only a few years ago, you wanted to build a mine, there wasn’t a question of whether you would get the power or not," Sayona's CEO says.

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2023 | 3:06 pm

How EV adoption will impact oil consumption (2015-2025P)

How much oil has been and will be saved every day by various types of electric vehicles?

Visual Capitalist - Elements | May 11, 2023 | 12:28 pm

Brazil seeks investor-friendly approach to lithium in bid to tap EV boom

The main focus for now is attracting investors to produce and export lithium concentrate from Brazil’s hard rock deposits.

Bloomberg News | May 11, 2023 | 12:07 pm

Indonesia emerges as a cobalt powerhouse amid surge in demand

Demand for cobalt is set to more than double by 2030 to 388,000 tonnes.

Henry Lazenby | May 11, 2023 | 11:28 am

Albemarle aims to expand Chile lithium mine in 2028 with new technology

Albemarle currently extracts the metal using mass evaporation ponds from brine taken from underground reservoirs.

Reuters | May 11, 2023 | 10:36 am

American Lithium unit gets green light to explore new area in Peru

The new exploration will allow the firm to expand its existing resources in the southern Puno region.

Reuters | May 11, 2023 | 10:18 am

Ivanhoe Electric buys private land by copper project in Arizona

The company is saying it will buy 6,205 acres of private land by its Santa Cruz copper project near Casa Grande, Arizona.

MINING.COM Editor | May 11, 2023 | 9:35 am

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