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Lithium price: Chile giant’s scorched earth strategy

Playbook follows success in the iodine market

Frik Els | August 17, 2018 | 2:34 pm

China’s CATL to start producing next-gen low-cobalt batteries in 2019 — source

China's largest lithium battery maker will produce nickel-rich batteries, which are cheaper to make and have longer life-spans than cobalt-based ones.

Reuters | August 17, 2018 | 4:38 am

Standard Lithium tries new approach to speed up production in Arkansas

Canadian company is focused on unlocking the value of existing large-scale US based lithium bearing brine resources that can be brought into production quickly.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 16, 2018 | 8:20 am

The battery boom could end up burning some investors

Some of the latest battery technologies may become obsolete before reaching the market because of the breakneck pace of advances in the industry.

Bloomberg News | August 14, 2018 | 12:53 pm

China’s Ganfeng grabs SQM’s stake in Argentinean lithium project

The $87.5-million deal is the latest Chinese acquisition of a lithium project in South America, following Tianqi Lithium’s decision to buy 24% of SQM for $4.1 billion, which has not yet been approved by Chile’s antitrust regulator.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2018 | 7:34 am

Lithium boom unlikely to disrupt potash market — analyst

While lithium and potash are often found in the same deposits and mined together, the increasing number of projects aimed at producing the white metal shouldn’t have an impact in the potash market.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 14, 2018 | 5:55 am

First Majestic shares hammered after reporting $40 million-loss

It also recorded an impairment charge of $31.7 million, or $20.5 million net of tax, related to placing the La Guitarra mine on care and maintenance.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2018 | 6:27 am

Auto industry’s use of lithium-ion batteries to grow seven-fold by 2025

The need to store electricity, generated by renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, will also help demand to grow, the Metal Bulletin says.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 13, 2018 | 3:43 am

Peru president expects lithium, uranium mining laws passed in 6 months

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra says his government will likely pass laws within six months needed to tap a new lithium and uranium deposit, removing a major hurdle for Canadian miner Plateau Energy Metals' proposed $800 million mine.

Reuters | August 10, 2018 | 11:41 am

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