Lithium Americas targets 2014 production

Lithium explorer, Lithium Americas Corp (LAC) planned to start producing at its Cauchari-Olaroz project in Argentina in 2014, CEO Waldo Perez said on Friday. “The exact timing depends on the currently ongoing tests and we will work hard to...

Many new lithium entrants as electric cars, consumer goods drive demand

When the global recession spilled like hot coffee on the collective lap of consumers worldwide, sales of luxury goods spiralled downwards, dragging lithium demand with them. The lithium market is dominated by industrial applications such as...

Lithium market sees many new entrants as electric cars, consumer goods drive demand

When the global recession spilled like hot coffee on the collective lap of consumers worldwide, sales of luxury goods spiraled downwards, dragging lithium demand with it.

11/12/2009 (On-The-Air)

South Africa gearing up to produce batteries for electric cars; Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals wining a contract to supply coal to Eskom for 17 years; Nelson Mandela's grandson, Zondwa, buying yet another gold mine - his fourth in as...

Real Economy Report

This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: electric car Joule can unlock the battery industry in South Africa; African Rainbow Minerals warns of South Africa's logistics ineptitude; and, the wheels start turning on the Bus Rapid...

05/12/2008 (On-The-Air)

In this broadcast: Sasol may turn to the Spekboom tree to capture the carbon that goes into the air when it makes petrol from coal; the South African government has given South Africa’s electric car aspirants a R55-million kickstart;...

Is there enough?

The US Department of Energy is at an advanced stage of study into the platinum industry, aimed at establishing whether the availability of platinum group metals (pgms) can be sustained in the long term, Mining Weekly can today exclusively report.