MOSS LANDING, Calif. — A fire erupted Thursday afternoon at the Moss Landing Power Plant’s 300-megawatt Phase I energy storage facility, prompting evacuations and air … Read more
Lithium Battery Cell Causes Fire in Empty Apartment on Success Lane TOMS RIVER, NJ – A small fire erupted in the living room of an … Read more
(Reuters) – Albemarle, the world’s largest lithium producer, posted a better-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit on Wednesday as aggressive cost cuts helped offset plunging prices for … Read more
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer, said it has suspended operations at the Atacama salt flat in Chile due to road … Read more
(Reuters) – Chinese electric car-maker BYD has held talks with Brazil’s Sigma Lithium over a possible supply agreement, joint venture or acquisition, the Financial Times … Read more
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Protesters agreed to end demonstrations that had blocked access to the Atacama salt flat in Chile, the world’s largest lithium deposit, with … Read more
By Polina Devitt and Siyi Liu LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) – A surge in hedging activity by the lithium industry and traders after the recent price slump … Read more
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Chile’s SQM has teamed up with Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, to make a sweetened A$1.7 billion ($1.14 billion) bid … Read more
By Daina Beth Solomon and Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The head of one of Chile’s top mining associations on Tuesday urged the government to … Read more
(Reuters) – Stardust Power, a lithium refiner supplying the electric-vehicle industry, on Tuesday agreed to go public in the U.S. through a merger with a … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Western lithium and graphite miners have started charging the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain higher prices for their … Read more
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian mining moguls who have gatecrashed the country’s recent international lithium deals have pushed bankers into trying fresh measures … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil has yet to decide which lithium filtration technology it will deploy as part of its aggressive … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder and Melanie Burton (Reuters) – The world’s largest lithium producers say they remain bullish on long-term demand for the battery material in … Read more
(Reuters) – Albemarle, the world’s largest producer of lithium, posted a 66% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday and cut its annual forecast, citing slipping … Read more
By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) – Albemarle Corp, the world’s largest producer of lithium, is expected to report lower quarterly profit as prices of the silvery-white … Read more
TRENTON, NJ – With the onslaught of electric vehicles hitting the highways across New Jersey, lawmakers say local firefighters and EMTs are not undertrained when … Read more
By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Sigma Lithium on Friday said its Chief Operating Officer Brian Talbot left the company at the end … Read more
By Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Sigma Lithium on Friday challenged a Reuters report that a Brazilian court had imposed an “injunction” on … Read more
(Reuters) – Codelco will undertake due diligence on Australia’s Lithium Power International, the Chilean copper miner said on Thursday, but added that there is no … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – The mining industry is working to boost freshwater recycling while also developing direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies as it … Read more
(Reuters) -Albemarle, the world’s largest lithium producer, aims to close its buyout of junior Australian rival Liontown Resources by the middle of 2024, its chief … Read more
(Reuters) – Piedmont Lithium said on Tuesday it has received a partial prepayment of $31.6 million for the sale of 15,000 dry metric tonnes (dmt) … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Automaker Stellantis said it would invest more than $100 million in California’s Controlled Thermal Resources, its latest bet on the … Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – Two lithium mine auctions in China’s southwestern Sichuan province that began this week have received nearly 7,000 bids, with prices hundreds of … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Sigma Lithium is working with Bank of America to coordinate talks with parties interested in acquiring it, the chief executive … Read more
By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia’s lithium resources are now estimated at 23 million metric tons, its president said on Thursday after government studies … Read more
Federal Court Blocks Activist Efforts To Stop Biden-Backed Lithium Mine Construction Katelynn Richardson on July 18, 2023 A federal appeals court blocked efforts by environmentalists … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil has agreed to develop more than 6,100 lithium-rich acres in Arkansas with Tetra Technologies Inc, the second move … Read more
Biden-Backed Nevada Lithium Mine To Be Contested In Court By Environmentalists And Tribes Ireland Walker on June 27, 2023 Environmentalists and Native Americans will argue … Read more
By Ernest Scheyder LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Lithium producers are growing anxious that delays in mine permitting, staffing shortages and inflation may hinder their ability … Read more
NEW YORK CITY, NY – On Tuesday, just past midnight, New York City Police Department officers responded to a 911 call reporting a fire at … Read more
‘Green Colonialism’: Biden Admin Clashes With Native American Activists Over Lithium Mine Will Kessler on June 20, 2023 Activists from the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation … Read more
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric, seeking to expand the country’s long-stalled lithium industry, has tasked state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest … Read more
(Reuters) – U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co on Monday entered into a series of new deals to source battery-grade lithium, as it plans to scale … Read more
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean state miner Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, said on Friday it had created two subsidiaries to run a newly mandated … Read more
(Reuters) -Chile’s SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer, said on Wednesday that its first-quarter net profit slid almost 6% compared to the year-ago period to … Read more
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Albemarle has agreed to double the capacity at its lithium hydroxide processing operations in Western Australia to 100,000 tonnes by 2026 and spend … Read more
By Arshreet Singh (Reuters) – U.S. lithium miners Albemarle and Livent are expected to report a rise in quarterly profit this week, but investor focus … Read more
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – In Argentina’s mountainous north, a strong pipeline of lithium projects close to coming online looks set to unlock … Read more
By Matthew Chye (Reuters) – Chile’s President Gabriel Boric announced on Thursday he would nationalise the country’s vast lithium industry to boost the economy and … Read more
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s state-run lithium company is examining a geothermal extraction method of the white metal, its Chief Executive Pablo … Read more
By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s top lithium producers agreed this week to set a floor price of 250,000 yuan ($36,380) per … Read more
By Melanie Burton and Harish Sridharan MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia’s Liontown Resources said it had knocked back an approach from the world’s biggest lithium producer Albemarle … Read more
By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s lithium prices are plunging faster than expected this year, down 34% in the last four … Read more
(Reuters) -Chile’s SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer, on Thursday posted fourth-quarter net profit more than triple that of a year earlier, just beating estimates … Read more
By Carolina Pulice MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government’s latest move to tighten control over its potentially lucrative lithium reserves fails to resolve the … Read more
(Reuters) – Global demand for lithium batteries is expected to surge more than five-fold by 2030, public-private alliance Li-Bridge said on Wednesday, as more people … Read more
Judge Upholds Approval Of Largest U.S. Lithium Mine, With One Catch John Hugh DeMastri on February 7, 2023 A federal judge upheld a 2021 decision … Read more
GM To Make $650 Million Investment In Key Nevada Lithium Mine. But There’s A Problem John Hugh DeMastri on January 31, 2023 GM announced plans … Read more