Chevron joins oil majors in US lithium push
Chevron (NYSE: CVX) has become the latest oil major to enter the lithium market in the United States with the acquisition of lease rights to about 500 sq. km in…
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MinRes, Ganfeng pump cash into lithium JV
Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) is expected to inject A$150 million (US$98 million) into its troubled Mount Marion lithium operation as it battles a prolonged slump the battery metal’s prices….
Surge Battery PEA posts $9.2B lithium project value
Surge Battery Metals (TSXV: NILI; US-OTC: NILIF) has issued a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Nevada North lithium project that outlined what could be a low-cost, long-life producer of…
Ioneer quadruples Nevada project reserves, costs double
Australia’s Ioneer (ASX: INR) has quadrupled ore reserves at its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada, sharply increasing both the project’s mine life and its development cost. The company’s flagship…
Bolivian court pauses Chinese, Russian lithium deals
Bolivia’s plans to emerge as a major lithium producer have hit an impasse after a local court ordered the suspension of two major extraction deals signed last year valued at…
Frontier feasibility lifts PAK lithium reserves by 37%
Frontier Lithium (TSXV: FL; US-OTC: LITOF) said a definitive feasibility study for the $943-million capex PAK project in northern Ontario boosted reserves by 37%. The study, which calculates a net present…
CHART: Asian battery makers rule EV metals market
During the first quarter of 2025, a combined $3.01 billion worth of battery metals were contained in the packs of newly sold electric vehicles worldwide, up a modest 1.3% year…
Saskatchewan’s first lithium brine project OK’d
Arizona Lithium (ASX: AZL) has received approval to start stage one production at its Prairie lithium brine project in Saskatchewan, the province’s first. The green light, granted by the provincial Ministry…
Kazakhstan to build on $1B in investments
Kazakhstan, the world’s largest uranium producer, wants to diversify its mining sector and build on $1 billion (C$1.4 billion) in private investment over the past five years, a conference in…
Rio Tinto bets big on Lithium Triangle’s brine riches
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) is doubling down on lithium, with CEO Jakob Stausholm declaring that South America’s Lithium Triangle is the ideal region to secure the metal critical to…
Patriot reveals North America’s largest shovel-ready lithium resource in Quebec
Patriot Battery Metals (TSX: PMET; ASX: PMT) has boosted the Shaakichiuwaanaan project’s resource estimate in Quebec ahead of publishing a scheduled feasibility study by September. The update shows a 30%…
Sibanye’s Finland lithium project cost rises 17%
South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) has raised the projected cost of its Keliber lithium project in Finland by 17% to €783 million (US$880 million), citing regulatory changes,…