Tianqi Lithium sells 49% of Australian unit to IGO in $1.4bn deal
Move gives IGO access to the Greenbushes, the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.
IGO in talks to buy into Tianqi’s Greenbushes lithium mine
Australian nickel-gold miner IGO could buy up to a 25% stake, worth close to $1.5 billion, in the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.
Lithium Americas’ Thacker Pass closer to production
The Nevada project is host to the largest known lithium resource in the US.
Standard Lithium makes better-than-battery-quality lithium carbonate
The Vancouver-based company completed the start-to-finish proof of concept of its lithium processing technology.
Carmakers have blind spot for lithium, cobalt, nickel prices
New research report has a warning for electric carmakers about the direction of battery prices without incentives to build new mines.
Pilbara Minerals to buy Altura for $175m on lithium recovery bet
Altura entered receivership in October following prolonged weakness in the raw battery materials market.
Tianqi Lithium gets 1-month reprieve on $1.9bn loan repayment
Company signed a letter with a syndicate of banks to extend by a month the maturity date on $1.884 billion of loans that were due for repayment at the end of November.
CATL to keep close eye on cobalt, lithium, graphite suppliers
The battery giant has partnered with RCS Global Group to promote responsible supply chains.
Savannah’s Portugal lithium project moves to next permitting phase
Mina do Barroso is expected to become Europe’s first significant producer of spodumene, a hard-rock form of lithium.
Galaxy Resources to raise $118m for Argentina lithium project
Capital raised will be used to advance the first stage of development of the company’s Sal de Vida lithium brine project.
