Livent buys minority stake in ILiAD Technologies parent Livent will have the right to license ILiAD DLE technology for deployment at its lithium brine resource in Argentina. Staff Writer | December 15, 2023 | 7:11 am
Bolivia takes a key step on long road to tapping vast lithium riches Bolivia is cutting the ribbon on its first industrial-scale lithium plant. Bloomberg News | December 15, 2023 | 6:35 am
TechMet urges UK Gov’t to “catch up” on race for critical minerals The UK is "way behind" where it should be to ensure sufficient supplies of critical metals for EVs and renewable energy storage sectors, report says. Staff Writer | December 15, 2023 | 1:01 am
US miners miss out on tax credit granted to processors Companies that mine critical minerals cannot receive a 10% production tax credit. Bloomberg News | December 14, 2023 | 2:56 pm
Volt Lithium gives Rainbow Lake after-tax NPV of $1.1 billion The PEA outlines annual production beginning at 1,000 tonnes and rising to over 23,000 tonnes of battery-grade LHM over a 19-year period. Staff Writer | December 14, 2023 | 10:53 am
NORI says environmental impact of seafloor mining less than feared The Metals Company is planning to begin deep sea mining by late-2025. Staff Writer | December 14, 2023 | 10:50 am
South32 yet to invoke force majeure in Colombia At Cerro Matoso, members of two communities have blocked access roads since Sunday. Bloomberg News | December 14, 2023 | 10:22 am
Germany’s BASF considers building lithium plant in Chile BASF recently signed a deal with Wealth Minerals that includes lithium offtake if the Canadian explorer obtains production contracts in Chile. Bloomberg News | December 14, 2023 | 10:18 am
China approves first graphite export permits after rule change China started to require export permits for some graphite products from this month to protect national security. Reuters | December 14, 2023 | 6:55 am