Lithium explorer Wealth Minerals targets European investors
The explorer has land positions at sites including the Salar de Atacama.
The explorer has land positions at sites including the Salar de Atacama.
Sinomine ’s chairman sees lithium carbonate prices dropping to about $57,443 a ton in 2023.
Researchers have figured out how to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese from an anode in just a few seconds.
Global lithium production surpassed 100,000 tonnes for the first time in 2021.
The country’s behemoth iron ore miners ended the year on a high as China’s abrupt Covid Zero reversal and a steady stream of supportive policies raised the outlook for demand.
Sigma expects the Grota do Cirilo lithium mine plant to be fully operational by April 2023, which is when commercial production is slated to begin.
Mining companies that are building processing plants will be excluded from the directive.
Deal seeks to combine two neighbouring lithium projects operated by the companies in the Pastos Grandes basin in Argentina.
Record spot prices will lift contract values for lithium miners next year but a surge in production to over 1 million tonnes by 2024 will put downward pressure on prices, according to a new government report.
The company has been unable to get federal permits because public lands near the project are home to an endangered wildflower.