Lithium Top Stories

Australia regulator extends approval deadline for SQM-Hancock’s $1.1bn bid for Azure

SQM and Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting, already Azure's two largest shareholders, teamed up in December to buy the lithium developer.

Reuters | April 2, 2024 | 5:11 pm

Tullett Prebon launches battery metals trading desk

Tullett currently trades base metals such as copper, aluminum and…

Reuters | April 2, 2024 | 10:07 am

Lithium trading hits record on CME as funds seize budding market

The drop in lithium prices has flipped the market into…

Bloomberg News | April 2, 2024 | 8:10 am

Sigma Lithium expands production capacity, targets doubling output by 2025

The miner plans to increase production at its Grota do…

Staff Writer | April 1, 2024 | 8:45 am

Volt Lithium’s cost cuts help Alberta project weather metal price crash

The company has cut nearly two-thirds of its lithium production…

Colin McClelland | April 1, 2024 | 6:47 am

Codelco, SQM ink lithium partnership agreement

The two companies agreed to form a new company in which Codelco will have a majority stake.

Reuters | December 27, 2023 | 1:26 pm

The biggest global mining news of 2023

A tumultuous year for the global mining industry: collapse of lithium prices, furious M&A activity, gold’s new record and state intervention in mining on a scale not seen in decades.

Frik Els | December 27, 2023 | 10:01 am

US claims huge chunk of seabed amid strategic push for resources

The US extended its claims on the ocean floor by an area twice the size of California.

Bloomberg News | December 22, 2023 | 12:27 pm

Milei looks to cut costs for Argentina’s miners in broader deregulation push

The Argentina President singled out cutting costs for mining companies that in recent years have been lured to vast deposits in the Andes.

Bloomberg News | December 21, 2023 | 10:49 am

Pinnacle Minerals expands Canadian lithium footprint

It is acquiring a 75% stake in the Adina East lithium project in the battery metals-rich James Bay region of Quebec.

Staff Writer | December 21, 2023 | 3:46 am

Woodside Energy to supply LNG to Pilbara Minerals unit

The LNG will be used at the Pilgangoora lithium operation in Western Australia.

Reuters | December 20, 2023 | 3:30 pm

India to auction nearly 100 more blocks of critical minerals before Feb 2024

India launched the first part of its critical minerals auction last month.

Reuters | December 19, 2023 | 10:16 am

Fortescue settles sexual harassment dispute in A$1.4 million deal

The workplace safety watchdog has dropped 34 charges against the iron ore producer for failing to provide requested documents.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 19, 2023 | 9:00 am

India in talks with Argentina, Bolivia to acquire lithium assets – secretary

India is at an advanced stage of discussions with Argentina to acquire lithium blocks, according to the country's top bureaucrat in the mining ministry.

Reuters | December 19, 2023 | 7:44 am

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