Chilean govt to seek international arbitration over Albemarle contract
Albemarle failed to make a "serious" offer for its annual production capacity to be provided at a discounted rate - Corfo
Albemarle failed to make a "serious" offer for its annual production capacity to be provided at a discounted rate - Corfo
Dutch battery maker Lithium Werks BV, founded earlier this year, is investing 1.6 billion euros ($1.85 billion) in a massive lithium-ion cell factory in China as demand for batteries is surging.
CEO Fabio Schvartsman said the company would only invest further in nickel if global prices for the metal rise from $13,000 per tonne currently to around $20,000 per tonne.
New rebar standards in China and spiking demand from green energy storage sector pushes vanadium up 550% in two years.
Iron ore production at the S11D and Carajás projects grew nearly 20 percent to record 53.9 million tonnes, accounting for most of the increase.
E-bikes would require compact, lightweight, and reliable lithium-ion batteries similar to those that power everything from iPhones to Teslas.
On Oct. 11, Chile's Constitutional Court put the brakes on a $4 billion deal allowing the sale of A 24 percent stake in SQM to China's Tianqi Lithium Corp.
First Cobalt and Fisker Inc. are focused on providing cobalt to the American EV market efficiently, and on maintaining stringent ethical mining practices.
The controlling shareholder in Chilean lithium producer SQM on Wednesday filed suit with Chile's Constitutional Court.