Pentagon asks Congress to fund mining projects in Australia, UK

But with demand for lithium set to boom from above 300,000 tons a year to a million tons by 2025, mining companies need to grow fast and they prefer to do so in jurisdictions they know well.

Chile's government had been studying various options for royalty payments.

Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to incur the capital costs or risk associated with the construction of a conversion facility.

Mining has become the sixth most important sector when it comes to exports.

Another lithium-ion battery has exploded, this time at an energy-storage complex in the U.S.

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — rose 5% fin the January-March period.

Shifting battery chemistries sees lithium deployment outpace global electric car sales volume growth – report.

Officials said their companies are charging ahead with a flurry of new electric vehicle models, citing rising regulatory requirements globally.

There are now 486 EV manufacturers registered in China.