Lithium Top Stories

Imagine Lithium enters exploration agreement with First Nations groups on Jackpot property

Under the agreement, Imagine Lithium will grant a total of 3 million common share purchase warrants to the First Nations groups, with each receiving 1 million warrants.

Staff Writer | March 21, 2022 | 8:57 am

Volkswagen unveils Asian ventures to secure nickel, cobalt

Volkswagen will form joint ventures with Huayou Cobalt and Tsingshan…

Reuters | March 21, 2022 | 7:34 am

China tells EV battery chain it wants ‘rational’ lithium prices

Lithium has soared nearly 500% in the past year.

Bloomberg News | March 21, 2022 | 7:19 am

Chinese electric carmaker calls battery price hikes ‘ridiculous’

Car manufacturers are trying to lure more customers just as…

Bloomberg News | March 21, 2022 | 7:14 am

US unveils battery strategy in West Virginia to ease coal loss

The administration also plans to announce nearly $215 million in…

Bloomberg News | March 18, 2022 | 8:14 am

Rio Tinto’s M&A madness

Some companies are good at takeovers. Rio Tinto Group isn't one of them.

Bloomberg Opinion | November 20, 2017 | 11:52 am

Move over Chile, Macri’s Argentina wants the mining limelight

Changing glacier law intensifies Argentina’s pro-mining agenda; pipeline of $20 billion beckons as nation bets on extraction.

Bloomberg News | November 17, 2017 | 11:15 am

Former Xstrata CEO Mick Davis may become Rio Tinto new chairman

The mining veteran could face competition from internal candidates, including former head of UK gas company Centrica, Sam Laidlaw, who now sits on Rio’s board.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 14, 2017 | 3:47 am

Finnish nickel producer, Trafigura tap electric vehicle boom

Trafigura Group provides $200m in funding to Finland's Terrafame nickel mine, which plans to start producing material for electric vehicle batteries by 2020.

Reuters | November 10, 2017 | 1:02 pm

This Aussie miner is about to break into South Korea lithium sector

Pilbara Minerals has announced a potential joint venture with two South Korean companies to develop a lithium processing facility in the Asian country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 10, 2017 | 9:19 am

Rio Tinto joins race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner

Mining giant is eying the 32% interest in SQM that PotashCorp is selling to fulfill China's regulators condition for the approval of the its friendly merger with smaller rival Agrium.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 8, 2017 | 8:26 am

Canadian junior miners worth jumps for second year in a row

Aggregate market cap of the top 100 junior mining companies was up 7% to $12.2 billion, a level not seen since 2010, but the group significantly underperformed the Venture Exchange as a whole.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 6, 2017 | 10:25 am

BHP aims for more copper, oil; steers away from EV minerals

BHP CCO Balhuizen says while 2017 marks "tipping point" for EVs entering mainstream of metals demand forecasting, in terms of sales mass move is further off.

Reuters | November 2, 2017 | 2:11 pm

Bacanora Minerals secures land access to flagship lithium project in Mexico

The de-risking milestone is for the company's Sonora project in Mexico, expected to produce 35,000 tonnes a year of lithium carbonate.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2017 | 8:56 am

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