Fire at Toms River Townhome Caused by Lithium Battery
Lithium Battery Cell Causes Fire in Empty Apartment on Success Lane TOMS RIVER, NJ – A small fire erupted in the living room of an unoccupied apartment at 411 Success Lane, prompting…
Biden-Backed Nevada Lithium Mine To Be Contested In Court By Environmentalists And Tribes
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 before a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday…
Lithium producers warn global supplies may not meet electric vehicle demand
By Ernest Scheyder LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Lithium producers are growing anxious that delays in mine permitting, staffing shortages and inflation may hinder their ability to supply enough of the battery metal…
Deadly fire in Chinatown blamed on Lithium batteries
NEW YORK CITY, NY – On Tuesday, just past midnight, New York City Police Department officers responded to a 911 call reporting a fire at a mixed-use commercial and residential building located…
‘Green Colonialism’: Biden Admin Clashes With Native American Activists Over Lithium Mine
‘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 are speaking out against a lithium mine…
Chile’s Codelco must kick-start lithium industry while reviving copper output
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 copper producer, to lead the charge of…
Factbox-Ford strikes multiple lithium deals to ramp up EV production
(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 up electric vehicle production and take advantage…
Chile’s state miner launches subsidiaries to manage lithium takeover plan
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 lithium business amid a government plan to…
Chile’s lithium giant SQM sees profits dip, despite uptick in prices
(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 total nearly $750 million. Revenue for the…
Albemarle agrees $1.5 billion plan to double Australian lithium hydroxide output
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 around $1.5 billion to build two more…
As lithium miners gear up for first-quarter earnings, investors focus on tumbling prices
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 will likely be on how they plan…
Argentina’s lithium pipeline promises ‘white gold’ boom as Chile tightens control
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 a wave of production that could see…
Factbox-Chile lithium move latest in global resource nationalism trend
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 protect the environment. The shock announcement is…
Mexico state-run lithium company analyzing geothermal extraction
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 Taddei said in a panel Wednesday, looking…
Exclusive-Chinese lithium producers set price floor as demand evaporates -sources
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 tonne of lithium carbonate, six people familiar…
Lithium miner Liontown soars as it snubs $3.7 billion Albemarle bid
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 Corp on Tuesday that valued the lithium…
Chinese lithium price dives in heated auto price war
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 weeks alone, hit by a slump in…
Lithium miner SQM’s profit more than triples on EV demand
(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 on surging demand and tight supplies for…
Analysis: Decree adds to doubts about Mexican lithium industry’s future
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 puzzle of how it can lure needed…
Global demand for lithium batteries to leap five-fold by 2030- Li-Bridge
(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 opt for electric vehicles and energy storage…
Judge Upholds Approval Of Largest U.S. Lithium Mine, With One Catch
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 by then-President Donald Trump to approve the…
GM To Make $650 Million Investment In Key Nevada Lithium Mine. But There’s A Problem
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 to invest $650 million in a Nevada…
Albemarle calls for high lithium prices to fuel EV industry growth
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -Albemarle Corp on Tuesday called for lithium prices to remain high indefinitely in order to help the mining industry develop new sources of the electric vehicle (EV) battery…
China’s lithium newcomer Zijin eyes rich returns from battery demand
By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) – The head of China’s Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd said lithium prices now at record levels could halve by end-2025, telling the Reuters…
GOP Lawmakers Call For ‘Investigation’ Into Chinese Firm’s Potential Stake In Key Nevada Lithium Mine
GOP Lawmakers Call For ‘Investigation’ Into Chinese Firm’s Potential Stake In Key Nevada Lithium Mine Jack McEvoy on November 30, 2022 Republican lawmakers are calling for a congressional investigation into a Chinese…
Livent looks to Canada for lithium growth opportunities – CEO
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Lithium producer Livent Corp is eyeing acquisitions in Canada and other countries as it looks to boost its production and processing of the metal used to make…
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