Tag: lithium

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  State-run companies sign deal to seek lithium in Argentine province of Catamarca

  

  An agreement between YPF and CAMYEN for lithium exploration in the province of Catamarca was signed Wednesday. The joint undertaking has been described as the first of its kind.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 21:13 UTC

  Mexican FM lands in Bolivia on key tour regarding lithium production

  

  Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard landed in Bolivia Thursday to take part in a series of events and hold meetings with local authorities, as part of his tour to foster a joint strategy to exploit lithium resources

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentine President welcomes SK firm's brass ahead of lithium project start

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday welcomed a group of executives from South Korean company POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) who are in the country to build a commercial lithium plant in the province of Salta. POSCO is the world's sixth-largest steel producer.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 20:31 UTC

  Livent to increase lithium output in the Argentine province of Catamarca

  

  Business developer Elon Musk's Tesla has been eyeing Argentine lithium for its battery-powered cars, due to which suppliers intend to double down output at Catamarca, it was reported.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 20:30 UTC

  South American countries might form “lithium OPEC”

  

  Developers in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and possibly Peru are evaluating the idea of creating an association of lithium-producing countries that will function like the mineral's OPEN for the region.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Mining company pledges to invest US $ 34 million in lithium plant in northern Argentina

  

  A local subsidiary of China's Ganfeng Lithium has purchased a 23-hectare property in the General Güemes Industrial Park in the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, it was announced.

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Major European firms sign agreement for sustainable exploitation of Chilean lithium

  

  As the world transitions from fossil fuels to sustainable energy-powered vehicles, four European giants have signed an agreement for the sustainable exploitation of Chilean lithium, it was announced Thursday in Santiago.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 10:24 UTC

  Chile's SQM to supply lithium to Johnson Matthey for electric car batteries

  

  The Chilean Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), one of the world's largest lithium producers, will supply lithium hydroxide to the British firm Johnson Matthey, at least until 2028, according to a new contract signed on Monday, it was announced.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru with Canadian funds joins the South American lithium rush

  

  Canada’s Plateau Energy Metals has raised nearly US$ 600 million to develop Peru’s sole lithium project and expects to start mining in 2023, a year later than planned, as the country lags its neighbors in developing the battery mineral, a company official said.

• Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Indigenous people in Chile fighting to have top lithium miner permits revoked

  

  Indigenous groups in Chile´s lithium-rich Atacama salt flat, fresh off a resounding legal victory earlier this week, said they will push to see top lithium miner SQM´s environmental permits revoked and its operations shut down.