Deal would make miner one of world’s largest producers of key battery material
US futures exchange launches contracts for raw material used in electric vehicle chargers
Environmentalists aim to stop Rio Tinto’s Jadar project despite Belgrade’s promise of economic boom
Asset managers fret over lost gains as investor cash piles up on the sidelines
Analysts say new techniques could double production of key battery material and have similar impact to shale on oil sector
US-based Albemarle cuts expansion plans amid struggles for processor of key mineral for electric cars
Despite Chinese interest, president says he is ‘loyal’ to EU as he hosts German chancellor in Belgrade
Exploitation of one of the world’s largest deposits of the metal would boost Europe’s electric vehicle industry
Minas Gerais deposits of the mineral are turning a once forlorn region of the state into a prospecting hotspot
Strategy is at risk as President Gabriel Boric’s government works to take back control of resources
Chinese consumer shift to smaller battery cars that need less of the metal is also expected to cut usage
Miners slash costs and scale back plans to increase production after battery metal’s price plummets more than 80% in 12 months
Group is hunting for lithium assets in the country with aim of assembling an integrated supply chain
Partnership is first step in President Gabriel Boric’s national strategy for battery metal
$1.1bn deal comes after Australian billionaire thwarts Liontown takeover
I like it, I’m not gonna crack
Local billionaires disrupt consolidation as industry positions itself for boom in mineral vital to electric cars
Swedish start-up has developed an energy storage technology with no critical minerals including lithium which could minimise reliance on China
Lithium is the 'new oil' of the clean energy era, crucial to the production of batteries for electric vehicles
GEL joins race to cash in on region’s mining revival
Oil producer has acquired rights to 120,000 acres of land in Arkansas as part of big strategic pivot
Billionaire acquires 18% of Azure Minerals after Chile’s SQM announces planned buyout
Hancock Prospecting has little but capital to offer, when an understanding of processing and refining is required
US company has walked away from a $4.2bn takeover of Liontown citing ‘growing complexities’
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting is muscling in on Albemarle’s mine proposal
