Panama rejects Orla Mining’s request for permit extension

BYD in April was granted access to preferential prices for lithium carbonate in the country.

Argentina's first plant for lithium batteries will begin operations in September, using metal extracted locally by US company Livent Corp.

Resources are stretched so thin at Brazil’s mining regulator that officials have walked off the job.

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.

The world's largest copper producing nation, which accounts for a quarter of the world’s mined metal, has seen its output stagnate

El Teniente is an underground copper mine located in the Chilean Andes, 2,300 metres above sea level.

The deals follow a similar agreement in January with giant Chinese battery maker CATL.

The state-owned joint venture will "shortly" sign an agreement with Argentina to secure a few lithium blocks.

Miner aims to focus on new mines after failed Yamana Gold buy.