Andrew Miller: We are in an upward transition period for lithium & EVs
Palisade Radio recently interviewed Andrew Miller, Head of Price Assessments at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, who shared his thoughts on the market for battery metals.
Palisade Radio recently interviewed Andrew Miller, Head of Price Assessments at Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, who shared his thoughts on the market for battery metals.
Chile is looking to develop two lesser-known deposits of the mineral needed to power a global push into electric cars.
Ecopro BM, South Korea's largest ev battery cathode producer, will develop a downstream processing facility with Blackstone's Ta Khoa nickel project in Vietnam.
Maricunga is less than 5% the size of the lithium-rich Salar de Atacama in northern Chile, but high-grade deposits of the battery metal makes it attractive to miners.
North American Lithium (NAL), backed by top battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology, halted operations last year at its Quebec mine and obtained creditor protection in May.
The environment minister said this won't stop mining of the metal.
Most industry observers are expecting batteries to occupy a higher percentage of the nickel market.
Livent’s subsidiary FMC - Minera del Altiplano pitched into a trust fund that allowed for the building of a 600.3-kilowatt solar farm in the Andes.
Private equity groups and other investors have grown emboldened by the lithium industry's malaise, forging plans to invest billions of dollars in mining projects to develop the electric vehicle battery metal.
The Chilean producer continues to suffer from dire conditions affecting the market of the metal used in batteries that power electric vehicles and high tech electronics.