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Despite great expectations for demand from electric vehicles where lithium -ion batteries dominate, prices for the raw material have been in relentless decline for the better part of two years.
News ID: 5833    Publish Date : 2019/08/07

Sydney- and Nasdaq-listed Piedmont Lithium has significantly improved the economics and expected life span of its vertically integrated Piedmont Lithium project in the US state of North Carolina.
News ID: 5822    Publish Date : 2019/08/07

Representatives from Tibet Summit Resources announced that they want to invest $180 million in a lithium carbonate plant to be located in Argentina’s Salta province.
News ID: 5743    Publish Date : 2019/08/05

Perth-based Altura Mining produced 105,202 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of lithium concentrate in its first year of operation and exported 77,680 dry metric tonnes (dmt) to China.
News ID: 5614    Publish Date : 2019/07/30

Australian lithium developer Pilbara Minerals produced 174,852 dry metric tonnes (dmt) of lithium concentrate in its July 2018-June 2019 fiscal year and expects to achieve targeted recovery rates in the first half of 2019-20.
News ID: 5493    Publish Date : 2019/07/25

Growing global demand for batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs) and high tech devices is set to cause a supply crunch of lithium , cobalt and nickel by mid-2020s, global consultancy Wood Mackenzie predicts.
News ID: 5455    Publish Date : 2019/07/24

Shares in Nemaska Lithium Inc soared on Friday after the company announced it has received a letter of intent for a $460m (C$600m) investment from specialist mining investment firm, Pallinghurst.
News ID: 5344    Publish Date : 2019/07/20

Researchers at Curtin University are working on a thermal battery that is part of the Concentrated Solar Power system being developed by United Sun Systems, which requires a battery to store and release energy to enable non-stop solar power generation.
News ID: 5191    Publish Date : 2019/07/15

While the prices for key battery minerals such as lithium , cobalt, nickel, rare earth elements, graphite and copper have so far been subdued in 2019, the general excitement about the future wide adoption of electric vehicles continues to fuel activity amongst Canada’s battery mineral juniors. Here is a look at eight such companies:
News ID: 5153    Publish Date : 2019/07/14

Despite the lofty expectations for demand from electric vehicles where lithium -ion batteries dominate, prices for the raw material have been in relentless decline for the last 18 months.
News ID: 5030    Publish Date : 2019/07/04

Following the development of a process to generate lithium phosphate from waste materials, Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) announced this week that its experts have now developed a technique for removing impurities from the lithium phosphate resulting in an exceptionally high-purity refined product.
News ID: 4607    Publish Date : 2019/05/21

American Manganese (TSX.V: AMY) announced this week that it will participate in a U.S. Department of Energy project to advance the economic recovery of lithium -ion battery materials from electric vehicles and other consumer goods.
News ID: 4175    Publish Date : 2019/03/30

After completing its phase two and three drill programs at its flagship Cauchari lithium project in Jujuy, Argentina, Advantage Lithium has more than doubled the project’s resource. Based on its new measured and indicated resources, the company says Cauchari is now Argentina’s second largest development project.
News ID: 3906    Publish Date : 2019/03/08

Cobalt prices were surging so much last year that thieves were carrying out elaborate heists at warehouses in Europe’s busiest port. Now, prices are in free fall and mining companies are taking the financial hit.
News ID: 3813    Publish Date : 2019/03/02

The Peruvian government will likely grant Southern Copper Corp a construction license for its $1.4 billion Tia Maria project before its environmental permit expires in August, the energy and mines minister told Reuters on Thursday.
News ID: 3812    Publish Date : 2019/03/02

Canada’s Portofino Resources (TSXV: POR) (FSE: POT) executed an amended agreement this week with a private Argentine concession to acquire a 100% interest in the Yergo lithium project in the northwestern Catamarca province.
News ID: 3790    Publish Date : 2019/03/01

Lithium miners have set their eyes on Portugal, a country that doesn’t scream “mining” like other jurisdictions, but which already is Europe's biggest producer of the commodity, thanks to the surge in popularity of electric vehicles (EVs).
News ID: 3729    Publish Date : 2019/02/24

Sydney- and Toronto-listed lithium chemicals producer Orocobre expects to achieve an average lithium carbonate sales price of around $9,000/t in the January-March quarter of its July 2018-June 2019 fiscal year, reflecting the continuing weakness in lithium prices.
News ID: 3707    Publish Date : 2019/02/22

Nemaska Lithium's (TSE: NMX) stock plummeted Wednesday after disclosing it has been forced to revise the budget for the Whabouchi lithium mine and Shawinigan electrochemical plant upward by C$375 million. The company, with a $300 market cap on the TSX, clawed back some of the early day's losses, but still closed the day down 35%.
News ID: 3626    Publish Date : 2019/02/14

American Manganese (TSX.V: AMY; FRANK: 2AM) announced this week that its partner, Kemetco Research, started the processing of a select sample of cathode scrap material through Stages 1 and 2 of a Pilot Plant built to recycle cobalt, nickel, manganese, and aluminum.
News ID: 3599    Publish Date : 2019/02/08