Avalon partners with India’s Essar Group to build Ontario lithium refinery

Albemarle failed to make a "serious" offer for its annual production capacity to be provided at a discounted rate - Corfo

Government promises action, raising fears of consolidation.

Clean cars, dirty batteries.

The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia, particularly China and South Korea.

E-bikes would require compact, lightweight, and reliable lithium-ion batteries similar to those that power everything from iPhones to Teslas.

On Oct. 11, Chile's Constitutional Court put the brakes on a $4 billion deal allowing the sale of A 24 percent stake in SQM to China's Tianqi Lithium Corp.

The Constitutional Court said it would hear arguments in the case on Oct. 22.

The company's IPO of 20 million shares was priced at $17 per share on Wednesday, below its target range of $18 to $20 per share. The IPO raised $340 million.

The controlling shareholder in Chilean lithium producer SQM on Wednesday filed suit with Chile's Constitutional Court.