Australia's largest gold producer Newcrest Mining was, until now, SolGold’s largest shareholder.

The news comes as the miner has just submitted two 600-page permit applications for the Mestiza and America satellites deposits.

Livent’s subsidiary FMC - Minera del Altiplano pitched into a trust fund that allowed for the building of a 600.3-kilowatt solar farm in the Andes.

Private equity groups and other investors have grown emboldened by the lithium industry's malaise, forging plans to invest billions of dollars in mining projects to develop the electric vehicle battery metal.

Beijing is set to fire up enough coal-based power plants to match the entire capacity of the European Union.

The Chilean producer continues to suffer from dire conditions affecting the market of the metal used in batteries that power electric vehicles and high tech electronics.