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Lithium Americas names new CEO, quarterly loss shrinks

Lithium Americas posted a first-quarter net loss of $4.5 million, compared with $4.6 million in the year-ago period.

Reuters | May 15, 2019 | 11:08 am

Livent aims to boost lithium sales to EV sector by 2020

Historically the company has supplied the white metal for use in greases and other industrial products.

Reuters | May 14, 2019 | 3:43 pm

BHP to keep Nickel West, Rio looks to Jadar lithium for battery boom

The biggest mining companies say they are well positioned to provide the metals needed for the shift to EV technology.

Reuters | May 14, 2019 | 10:00 am

US faces hurdles in push to build electric vehicle supply chain

The US faces stiff challenges as it moves to create its own electric vehicle supply chain, with the extent of the country's metal reserves largely unknown and only a few facilities to process minerals and produce batteries.

Reuters | May 14, 2019 | 9:11 am

Rio Tinto may start mining lithium in Serbia by 2023

No decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the Jadar, which is estimated to contain 10% of the world's lithium reserves.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2019 | 7:35 am

World’s largest hard rock lithium mine to get bigger

Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, obtained an environmental approval for the A$516-million ($361m) expansion of the Greenbushes mine in Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2019 | 9:23 am