Small miners aim for European supply chain for EV independent from China

Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls

In 2014, Barra listened to accounts of families who’d lost a member while driving in a General Motors Co. Chevrolet Cobalt that malfunctioned.

Low pricing achieved recently has been affected partly by soft market conditions in China, the Brisbane-based lithium miner said.

Kidman will supply 12,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide a year to the diversified chemicals company for 10 years.

Largo expects to table a maiden resource at NAN in early 2019 after receiving all the assays from its latest program.

Various international groups had expressed interest in exploring for lithium in Portugal, which is the world's sixth-largest lithium producer, and Europe's biggest.

The Canadian junior miner is taking advantage of a window of opportunity presented by a local drill company to complete two holes prior to the Christmas break.

The joint venture will allow the American lithium producer, the world’s No. 1, to expand its presence in Australia.

The company plans to move forward with the plan only once the feasibility study at its Zinnwald project is completed, in the second quarter of next year.