Lithium Top Stories

Chile to invest $7 million in lithium and salt flats research

Funding for up to ten research projects, including topics such as new brine extraction methods, will be awarded in mid-2024.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 24, 2023 | 9:23 am

Sigma Lithium’s former co-CEO fired for trading in blackout period

Public data shows that Calvyn Gardner sold shares for about…

Reuters | November 24, 2023 | 7:44 am

Global EV mandates would require 388 new mines: Fraser Institute

Demand for battery metals for EVs far exceeds global mining…

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | November 23, 2023 | 2:11 pm

Glencore to build pilot battery recycling plant outside of Italy

Glencore said in May it was going to develop a…

Reuters | November 23, 2023 | 10:09 am

Lake Resources expands Kachi lithium resource ahead of definitive study

The Kachi project ranks among the world’s top 10 brine…

Staff Writer | November 23, 2023 | 9:29 am

Battery metals projects catch eye of pension funds and carmakers

The rush for metals needed to power electric vehicles has “clearly brought the sector into a spotlight that it wasn’t in a few years ago,” BMO analyst says.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2023 | 2:14 pm

South America looks at creating “lithium OPEC”

Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brazil would cooperate to expand their processing capacity, open battery plants and make EVs locally.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2023 | 6:53 am

Canada’s crackdown on Chinese funding is hurting miners, Friedland says

China has built up stakes in more than two dozen Canadian mining companies, including some of the industry’s biggest names.

Bloomberg News | March 5, 2023 | 4:41 pm

Shortage of metals for EVs is rising up the agenda in automakers’ C-suites

Auto sector executives increasingly anxious about surging prices and tighter supply of metals used in electric vehicle batteries.

Bloomberg News | March 5, 2023 | 10:05 am

Column: Automakers rush in where miners fear to tread

It's a useful reminder that going upstream can be a high-risk business for even the biggest automotive companies.

Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 7:57 am

Volkswagen board discusses two new North America plants at meeting

The facilities would be one production plant and one battery cell factory, people familiar with the matter said.

Reuters | March 3, 2023 | 4:21 am

CATL sells $405 million stake in Pilbara Minerals

CATL bought its 4.9% holding in the depths of the 2019 lithium downturn.

Reuters | March 2, 2023 | 9:45 am

Lithium Americas kicks off construction at Thacker Pass

The proposed mine has the potential to be North America's largest source of lithium for electric vehicle batteries.

Staff Writer | March 2, 2023 | 9:26 am

Tesla lobbying to secure lithium from Chile — report

Tesla executives held talks with the ministers of foreign affairs and mining, as well as with the leader of the development agency Corfo.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 2, 2023 | 6:53 am

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