Lithium prices and stocks jump after Zangge Mining halt
Lithium prices advanced to a near three-month high after the Chinese producer halted operations in Qinghai province.
Argentina mining exports to top $5B in 2025 despite lithium struggles, industry body says
Argentine President Javier Milei's libertarian government is seeking to boost the country's mining sector.
Zimbabwe aims to break ground for $270 million new lithium plant this year
Kuvimba Mining House will begin construction of the concentration plant at its Sandawana mine in Q3 of this year.
Indigenous groups ask Chile court to pause community review of Codelco-SQM lithium deal
The process is one of the final conditions for a deal to go into effect in which state-run Codelco will take a majority stake in SQM's lithium mining operations.
China’s lithium giants tumble after first-half profit warnings
Two of the largest miners warned that battery metal woes had weighed on earnings for the first half of the year.
GM-backed EnergyX buys lithium-rich acreage in US Smackover formation
The deal boosts the holdings of EnergyX to roughly 47,500 acres in the Smackover.
CHART: Nickel overtakes lithium as most valuable EV battery metal as prices slump
And that is despite the significant move towards nickel-free batteries such as lithium iron phosphate or LPF and the significant cooling of nickel prices at the same time.
Chaos in Bolivian Congress over China, Russia lithium contracts
Bolivian lawmakers and protesters clashed over lithium deals with China and Russia, accusing the government of selling out national interests.
Chile lithium expansion cleared by little-known nuclear agency
The Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission signed off on a proposal that clears the way for a major lithium expansion over the coming decades.
Codelco secures lithium quota needed for SQM partnership
Chile's nuclear energy regulator CCHEN approved an initial extraction of 2.5 million metric tons of lithium metal equivalent from 2031 to 2060.
