SQM cuts spending as lithium slump lingers
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium producer, is scaling back spending this year amid a drawn out weakness in prices for the battery metal erodes margins. The miner,…
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Arcadium Lithium investors sue it for negligence over US$6.7B Rio Tinto takeover
Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM) is facing legal challenges after shareholders filed lawsuits alleging misrepresentation and negligence linked to Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) US$6.7-billion takeover. Philadelphia-based Arcadium…
Rio Tinto to invest $2.5B to expand Rincon lithium project in Argentina
Rincon is the company’s first commercial-scale lithium operation.
Rio Tinto adopts space tech for lithium exploration in Argentina
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has adopted space technology from Australia’s Fleet Space to boost its exploration efforts at its Rincon lithium project in Argentina. The world’s…
Li-FT secures mystery lithium investor
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF), which claims to have Canada’s third-largest maiden hard rock lithium resource, said this week that an unnamed investor is buying 9.99% of the company…
Arkansas lithium projects heat up with royalty battle, huge underground resource
As Arkansas contends with booming lithium discoveries and investments by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) among others, the state faces a battle over the amount of…
Rio’s US$6.7B Arcadium bid is its largest since 2007
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) plans to acquire Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM) in an all-cash deal valued at US$6.7 billion, the Anglo-Australian giant confirmed on…
Rio Tinto confirms talks to buy Arcadium Lithium — but not the price
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has made an approach to buy Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM), the two sides confirmed on Monday, following market speculation over…
SQM deal with Andrada taps into Namibian lithium
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium producer, has entered into a three-stage earn-in agreement with South Africa-based Andrada Mining (LSE: ATM) to jointly develop the Lithium Ridge asset…
Arcadium Lithium suspends Mt. Cattlin in Australia
Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX LTM), one of the world’s largest producers of the battery metal, plans to idle its Mt. Cattlin spodumene mine in Australia next year in another step…
Ganfeng Lithium cuts spending as consumers ease off the pedal for EVs
China’s Ganfeng Lithium, one of the world’s largest producers of the battery metal, says it will delay spending on projects that don’t generate “significant near-term returns” after reporting a first-half loss…
SQM profit falls 63%, sees more weak lithium prices
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-biggest lithium producer, reported a sharp 63% decline in quarterly profit on the back of slumping prices of the key metal used in the…