As it wraps up an exploration program this year at the Maricunga salt flat, Codelco has been contacted by several companies, chairman Maximo Pacheco said.

This graphic explores the latest EV production data for 2022, showing BYD taking a massive step forward to surpass Tesla.

The company says its proposed $600 million lithium hydroxide plant in Tennessee would pay for itself in less than three years. 

According to Mining Intelligence data, there are 409 active lithium projects in Canada.

Several upstart miners have bought land rights to nearby abandoned oil fields in Canada and begun developing extraction technology of their own.

A recent pullback in commodity prices will aid Tesla Inc's bruised margins only in the second half of the year.

Sigma started production at the Grota do Cirilo lithium mine in the state of Minas Gerais earlier this week.