lithium

Neometals has finalised a deal with Mineral Resources and Ganfeng Lithium to sell its 13.8 per cent stake in the Mt Marion lithium project in Western Australia for $103.8 million.

Pilbara Minerals has exercised an option to enter into a joint venture (JV) with POSCO for the development of a lithium processing plant in South Korea.

AVZ Minerals has raised $9.8 million which will fast-track its Manono lithium and tin project in the Congo toward production. 

Recent improvements to Altura Mining’s processing plant at Pilgangoora has seen the company edge ever closer to its lithium nameplate capacity.

BGC Contracting has diversified into Western Australia’s ‘Lithium Valley’ for the first time with an earthworks construction contract at Albemarle’s Kemerton lithium project.

Mineral Resources’ continued growth through acquisitions and project development has hit the company’s earnings in its latest financial report.

Lepidico will concentrate its production of high purity lithium hydroxide rather than lithium carbonate, due to customer preferences for the battery compound. 

Recruitment agency Hays expects skills shortages in mining to be a major concern as the sector competes with other growth industries around Australia.

Technology advancement has a penchant for sparking new global commodity demand in the mining world, with lithium last year’s notable mover.

Pilbara Minerals has set out ambitious plans for its Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project, including a tentative stage three expansion for 2021.

Core Lithium has awarded preferred contractor status for three components of the company’s Finniss lithium project near Darwin in the Northern Territory.

Galaxy Resources has continued to perform positively at its global operations in Australia, Argentina and Canada to finish with zero debt.

Rising investment in Western Australian mining projects and record sales in 2017–18 could see the mining industry return to the conditions of the mining boom, according to research from IBISWorld.

Alliance has revised its lithium offtake agreement following the transfer of offtake rights to Chinese joint venture Jiangxi Bao Jiang Lithium Industrial (JBJLIL).

Altura Mining has overcome a series of setbacks on its journeys towards achieving stage one target nameplate capacity of 220,000 tonnes a year at its Pilgangoora lithium project in Western Australia.

Albemarle Corp has entered the new year by commencing the construction of its Kemerton lithium hydroxide conversion site in Western Australia.

Pilbara Minerals is moving forward with its planned expansion of the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia thanks to recent funding developments with Chinese and South Korean companies.

Australia has been one of the world’s key movers when it comes to the tech metals bonanza that has taken hold of the mining industry

Covalent Lithium believes it has confirmed a compelling case for an integrated mine-to-refinery project producing battery-grade lithium at the Mt Holland project in Western Australia.

Mineral Resources has set the next stage of the 30-year Wodgina lithium project in motion with its acceptance of a proposed joint venture with United States company Albemarle Corporation.