E3 Metals, Livent team up on Alberta lithium development project
Livent will contribute its technical expertise and invest up to $5.5 million in the joint development project.
Livent will contribute its technical expertise and invest up to $5.5 million in the joint development project.
Strong demand from the EV sector alongside supply cuts should help Australian lithium miners recover towards the middle of next year, earlier than expected.
The world's No. 2 lithium producer has held global road shows ahead of a second lithium-for-investment tender, according to officials.
Operations at the NAL mine, which produced 114 000 tonnes of spodumene in 2018, were halted in February this year.
Sigma, which recently received its license to begin hard rock lithium mining in Minas Gerais, met with Tesla supplier Ganfeng Lithium.
SQM expects to invest about $2.1 billion in the next five years to strengthen its production.
Tianqi poured cold water on celebrations to mark the start of production from the first stage at its Kwinana plant in Western Australia.
A bill allowing the expropriation of private companies involved in lithium mining in Chile was found to be unconstitutional.
Australian producers are now scrambling to cut supplies as prices plummet on falling demand in the world's top electric vehicle market.
Codelco has for years talked of getting into the lithium business.