Lithium squeeze has Sigma looking to double Brazil capacity

Company plans to complete a feasibility study next year, which will reveal whether the proposed $800 million, underground lithium-uranium mine can and should be built.

San Dimas.

Over 1,500 mining companies were operating in the South American country in 2016.

BMW already signed up as the factory's main client.

Canadian junior MGX has entered into an option agreement to earn into the Kibby Basin lithium brine project, in Nevada.

Panasonic has already significantly reduced cobalt content, to about 10 percent in its nickel-cobalt-aluminium cathode chemistry.

Salar Blanco, which is 50 percent-owned by Lithium Power International, has dropped a lawsuit against Chile to block state-run Codelco from exploiting a lithium deposit where both have claims.

The Chilean government said Salar Blanco could apply for a special operating license for its Maricunga project.

Chinese electric vehicle ecosystem continues to expand.