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Lithium price plunge claims first victim

Namibia's Desert Lion Energy ceases all operations as Chinese lithium prices plummet to three-year lows – down by half since the start of 2018.

Frik Els | September 4, 2018 | 4:18 pm

Tesla’s cobalt-light batteries seen providing cost advantage

Batteries made by the U.S. manufacturer and its Japanese partner, Panasonic Corp., require less cobalt, the metal whose price has shot up.

Bloomberg News | September 4, 2018 | 10:34 am

Neo Lithium lining up partner for $490m Argentine venture

The project, which straddles salt flats and lakes across 135 square miles near the Chilean border, is billed as having high concentrations of lithium.

Bloomberg News | September 4, 2018 | 10:11 am

Mercedes unveils first Tesla rival in $12B attack

Mercedes-Benz, the world’s largest maker of luxury cars, is rolling out its first in a series of battery-powered models.

Bloomberg News | September 4, 2018 | 3:14 am

A glass half full or a glass half empty for lithium producers

Metal bulletin reasearch’s forecast is for the lithium market to shift into a supply surplus this year and as such we have expected prices to fall.

Fast Markets | September 1, 2018 | 3:16 pm

In Chilean desert, global thirst for lithium is fuelling a ‘water war’

In Chile, threats of a government crackdown on over-usage of water often ring hollow. Mines need water, and the country´s copper-driven economy needs mines.

Reuters | August 29, 2018 | 5:11 am

World’s ‘most beautiful’ electric car to hit the road in 2020

Announcement is nothing but good news to battery metals miners, which have seen demand for their mined commodities soar in the past year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 28, 2018 | 7:27 am

POSCO to buy lithium mining rights in Argentina from Galaxy

The $280-million deal gives POSCO a package of mining tenements for 17,500 hectares of land in the northern area of the Salar del Hombre Muerto salt flat in Argentina.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 27, 2018 | 4:36 am

Reduced cobalt electric car batteries delayed amid price fall

"Poorer life cycle, reduced safety and misrepresented relative cost savings are all major concerns for electric vehicle producers."

Frik Els | August 24, 2018 | 3:37 pm

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