lithium

Shipments of spodumene concentrate from the Bald Hill lithium-tantalum mine in Western Australia are set to start in early May.

Australian lithium explorer Sayona Mining, known for its lithium projects in Quebec, Canada and Western Australia, has received firm commitments for an oversubscribed capital raising placement to push its Authier lithium project towards production, securing $11 million from institutional investors.

Mineral Resources (MinRes) has secured a deal to acquire iron ore company Atlas Iron through a scheme of arrangement that values the target at around $280 million.

Bald Hill lithium project joint venture partners Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets are planning a merger to consolidate ownership of the Western Australian operation.

Kerman Contracting has been awarded a $20 million contract by MSP Engineering to provide structural, mechanical, piping and electrical installation works for a crushing circuit at Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes operation in Western Australia.

Lithium aspirant Altura Mining has confirmed that it has been in discussions with a Chinese company in regards to a potential takeover.

Lithium Power, through 50 per cent owned Minera Salar Blanco (MSB), has been awarded a key export licence from the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) for lithium production, export and marketing at its Maricunga project in Chile.

Joint venture partners Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets have launched lithium production at the Bald Hill mine in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.

Lithium developer Pilbara Minerals has formed a partnership with POSCO that will see the South Korean steelmaker buy up to 240,000 tonnes a year (t/y) of lithium concentrate from its Pilgangoora operation in the Pilbara of Western Australia.

The lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery has of late returned to a topical forefront and as global demand for the battery increases, so too does the demand for the tech metals used in its creation.

Tawana Resources, with joint venture partner Alliance Mineral Assets (AMAL), has started commissioning of key infrastructure at the Bald Hill lithium-tantalum mine in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.

Lithium developer Pilbara Minerals has forecast that the stage two expansion to more than double capacity at its Pilgangoora project in Western Australia will cost $207 million.

Tawana has announced a $5 million binding agreement with German lithium company Weier, a subsidiary of China’s Jiangte Special Electric Motor Co (JSMC).

Global Advanced Metals (GAM) wants to launch direct tantalum mining at the Greenbushes operation in Western Australia in the next 12 months.

Mining services company Ausdrill has received a letter of intent from miner Mineral Resources for a three-year contract at the Wodgina lithium operation in the Pilbara of Western Australia.

Mining is poised for growth, according to Deloitte’s 2018 Tracking the Trends report.

Now in its tenth year, Deloitte’s Tracking the Trends report has followed the mining sector over the past decade as commodity prices reached both historic highs and lows.

The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has urged Australia to expand along the estimated $2 trillion lithium value chain in the next two years.

Tawana Resources, with joint venture partner Alliance Mineral Assets (AMAL), has executed a non-binding term sheet with a leading industry specialist for the offtake of tantalum concentrate production from the Bald Hill lithium-tantalum mine in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia.

The Bald Hill lithium mine being developed by Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets in Western Australia is on track to start production this quarter.