Currently, there is an existing contract signed for Yahua to supply 63,000 to 88,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide to Tesla from 2021-2025.

The United States’ great hope for domestic lithium supply could lie in the massive-scale, long-life sediment-hosted deposits in its southwestern region.

A pre-feasibility study by the company determined production at Pilgangoora could increase to more than 2 million tpa.

Project Lonestar Lithium will have a target production of 5,000 tons/year in Phase 1, and 25,000 tons/year in Phase 2, the company said.

Santa Cruz will be the first new graphite production in the Americas since 1996.

Oakland-based Molten Industries has developed a specialized technique to break methane into graphite.mo

Vale sees potential copper output in 2026 between 387,000 tonnes and 424,000 tonnes.