Premier African Minerals wants to resolve lithium supply spat with China’s Canmax
The Chinese company said it would terminate the deal after Premier missed a deadline to start delivering spodumene concentrate.
The Chinese company said it would terminate the deal after Premier missed a deadline to start delivering spodumene concentrate.
Vulcan Energy is seeking support for the €1.5 billion project in the upper Rhine Valley that the firm hopes to bring online in 2025.
The commodities giant will sign an offtake agreement in exchange for helping to fund the lithium processing plant that Eramet is building with China’s Tsingshan.
Key moves in the mining sector.
The deals follow a similar agreement in January with giant Chinese battery maker CATL.
The asset hosted tin and tantalum mining for decades and is known to contain lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite formations.
The state-owned joint venture will "shortly" sign an agreement with Argentina to secure a few lithium blocks.
France's Imerys and junior miner British Lithium have teamed-up to open a mine with capability to supply lithium for 500,000 EVs by 2030.
The government plans to submit a bill to Congress later this year to create a national lithium company.
The UK-based start-up, which aims to produce lithium in Cornwall, warned it could go bust if it fails to secure the needed cash by July.