Lithium Top Stories

Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

The ranks of the most valuable mining companies in the world were throughly scrambled in 2023 as governments intervened, lithium and nickel prices tumbled, gold hit records and a new listing went ballistic.

Frik Els | January 31, 2024 | 8:31 am

Sigma Lithium project in Brazil just got 27% bigger

Grota de Cirilo is now the world’s fourth-largest operating industrial…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2024 | 4:47 am

Lithium market transition comes with delays, layoffs and M&As — WoodMac

Consultancy Wood Mackenzie says the market is moving towards maturity…

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2024 | 3:45 am

IGO freezes nickel project, trims lithium forecast

The Cosmos project was acquired by IGO as part of…

Reuters | January 30, 2024 | 2:27 pm

Lithium miners warn on plunging profits after price freefall

Two of China’s biggest lithium companies became the latest miners…

Bloomberg News | January 30, 2024 | 8:20 am

Australia billionaire weighs in on Albemarle’s takeover target Liontown

Gina Rinehart's Hancock became a substantial shareholder earlier in September and now owns 10.7%

Reuters | September 26, 2023 | 7:42 am

Cornish Lithium raises $6.2m to support UK project

Funds were secured through a crowdfunding campaign, the largest of its kind any company has undertaken in the UK this year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2023 | 5:36 am

CleanTech Lithium to kick off production at second Chile mine in 2027

The company will progress project development in stages and begin production one year after its more advanced Laguna Verde opens in 2026.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 26, 2023 | 3:39 am

India to auction Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves in a few weeks

India in February found its first lithium deposits in Jammu and Kashmir with estimated reserves of 5.9 million tonnes.

Reuters | September 25, 2023 | 7:03 am

Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals to build copper mine in Zambia within 10 years

The California-based firm is spending about $150 million to speed up additional exploration at its Mingomba project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2023 | 5:59 am

Sumitomo Metal bets on Canadian battery materials firm Nano One

Through a C$16.9 million ($12.5m) investment, the Japanese giant will own 5% of Nano One, which has piqued the interest of global majors.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 25, 2023 | 3:36 am

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Activists, Hollywood take down top 50 mining company

Sigma Lithium project in Brazil just got 27% bigger

Lithium market transition comes with delays, layoffs and M&As — WoodMac

IGO freezes nickel project, trims lithium forecast

Lithium miners warn on plunging profits after price freefall

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Australia billionaire weighs in on Albemarle’s takeover target Liontown

Cornish Lithium raises $6.2m to support UK project

CleanTech Lithium to kick off production at second Chile mine in 2027

India to auction Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves in a few weeks

Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals to build copper mine in Zambia within 10 years

Sumitomo Metal bets on Canadian battery materials firm Nano One

LG Chem with Huayou to make battery materials in Indonesia, Morocco

US says it can’t cut China out of critical minerals supply chain

Argentina mining exports to near $4.5bn in 2023 amid lithium boom