Zeeshan Syed, a former Alberta Energy Regulator executive who was engulfed in a public sector spending scandal in Alberta welcomed two Liberal cabinet ministers to the Thunder Bay site of his junior mining company’s proposed lithium refinery.
It comes as Ghana seeks to diversify away from gold production to tap into the multibillion-dollar battery metals industry.
The project remains on track to begin production in mid-2024, the company said.
A recently developed method allows for the recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium from spent electric car batteries.
The acquisition would mark the Chilean copper giant's first foray into the lithium space, as part of the country's new public-private model for the sector.
EnergyX is building a DLE demonstration plant in Argentina's Salta province, near Posco's Sal de Oro project.
The lithium triangle of South America accounts for more than half of global resources.
Albemarle has walked away from its $4.2 billion takeover of Liontown Resources after Australia’s richest woman built up a blocking minority.
Company to set up a plant to produce lithium iron phosphate, Chilean President Gabriel Boric said.
Researchers at Monash University have developed a lithium-sulphur design that reduces the amount of lithium required for charging.