Lithium Top Stories

China hurt most by Indonesia’s move to keep nickel at home

Indonesia has played a key role in global markets as a bulk materials supplier, but President Joko Widodo has pledged to eventually stop exports of all raw commodities to turn the country into a major manufacturing hub for electric transportation.

Bloomberg News | January 13, 2022 | 10:49 am

Argentina seeks $10 billion in mining exports by 2030

Gov't expects $25bn in investments related to 34 projects currently…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 13, 2022 | 3:53 am

SQM ups ESG agenda with Standard for Responsible Mining audit

Indigenous communities living around Chile’s Atacama salt flat last year…

MINING.com Editor | January 12, 2022 | 2:52 pm

Chile awards new lithium contracts despite political storm

The country awarded two of five contracts on offer --…

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 1:29 pm

Singapore bourse to start cobalt, lithium contracts in H1 2022

SGX will partner with Fastmarkets, the price reporting agency for…

Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 11:19 am

Trump signs order to boost U.S. production of critical minerals

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reduce dependency of critical minerals used in everything from batteries to phones.

Bloomberg News | December 20, 2017 | 4:01 pm

Value of top 50 mining companies surge $140 billion in 2017

More than half the 2017 combined market cap gains for the world's largest listed miners accrued to just five firms as gold producers drop out of top 10.

Frik Els | December 20, 2017 | 3:43 pm

Lithium companies raise US$42 million in October

Gold miners closed $163M, about two-thirds of total money raised in October.

Michael Allan McCrae | December 19, 2017 | 4:33 pm

NextView to acquire Lithium X Energy Corp.

Chinese investment firm NextView has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares and warrants of Canadian Lithium X.

Lithium X Energy Corp. | December 19, 2017 | 10:35 am

BMW throws fuel on cobalt, lithium fire: ‘we’ll need 10x as much’

“We’ve been intensively focusing on how to manage future cobalt supply for a year now. Before, it wasn’t clear just how quickly demand will accelerate.”

Frik Els | December 15, 2017 | 1:49 pm

Bacanora Minerals Ltd strategic cornerstone investor & offtake agreement

NextView Capital agreed to acquire a 19.89% equity interest in Bacanora via placement of 32,976,635 common shares in the Company at 94.53 $1.26 per share.

Bacanora Minerals | December 15, 2017 | 1:25 pm

Chile politics put Potash in tight spot on SQM stake sale

There is a lot at stake for Potash Corp, which purchased its interest in SQM piecemeal a decade ago and could stand to earn billions in the transaction.

Reuters | December 14, 2017 | 9:07 am

This is how much copper, nickel, cobalt an electric vehicle world needs

Glencore's all in to supply surging demand for copper, nickel and cobalt from electric vehicle boom but CEO Ivan Glasenberg has "zero interest" in lithium.

Frik Els | December 13, 2017 | 12:54 pm

Vale’s reality check for nickel’s electric vehicle dreams: Andy Home

While "everyone knows there are great opportunities" for nickel in the EV sector, "prices are not there", according to Vale Chief Exec Fabio Schvartsman,

Reuters | December 12, 2017 | 9:09 am

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