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Oversold lithium could be about to rally

“sleepwalking into a tsunami of oversupply”

Oilprice.com | January 29, 2019 | 1:43 pm

Rethinking mining strategies among the top-10 global trends to shape 2019

Mining companies now need to determine how to operate in a market that is characterized by rising stakeholder demands, a widening talent gap, as well as dwindling access to key inputs such as energy and water, says Deloitte in its latest annual report.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 29, 2019 | 6:00 am

Sherritt’s year end and 2019 guidance

Sherritt owns 50% of the Moa joint venture, and at Ambatovy it is the operator and holder of a 12% interest.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 28, 2019 | 2:56 pm

In the new lithium ‘Great Game,’ Germany edges out China in Bolivia

"This partnership secures lithium supplies for us and breaks the Chinese monopoly" - Wolfgang Tiefensee economy minister of the German state of Thuringia, an automotive manufacturing hub.

Reuters | January 28, 2019 | 12:12 pm

How the US lost the plot on rare earths

If Cold War Presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan knew that the nation’s national defense rested on technologies coming from its former and current adversaries, they would surely be turning in their graves.

Rick Mills | January 25, 2019 | 12:00 pm

China’s lithium hydroxide exports to rise this year – Pilbara CEO

Chinese producers such as Ganfeng and General Lithium have new plants that have been commissioning since Q3'18 and are starting to hit their stride.

Reuters | January 25, 2019 | 10:08 am

Explorex Resources scraps plans to buy battery metals project in Finland

The Canadian miner won't be buying the Hautalampi cobalt, nickel, copper project in eastern Finland at this time due to financing issues.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2019 | 8:17 am

Flagship Volkswagen plant transforms for EV era

German carmaker will invest 870 million euros ($985 million) by 2020 to develop e-vehicle components, including batteries and charging stations.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2019 | 3:03 am

SQM just made it very difficult for Tianqi to access company secrets

The lithium miner, the world’s second largest producer of the white metal, has approved additional measures to protect corporate data considered confidential from China'a Tianqi, which recently bought almost a quarter of the Chilean company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 24, 2019 | 9:06 am

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