Galaxy welcomes higher lithium prices

Lithium miner Galaxy Resources on Wednesday welcomed an announcement by global chemicals company Rockwood Holdings that it would lift its lithium salt prices by $1 000/t. This was the second time that Rockwood has hiked its lithium salt prices in...

Galaxy produces first lithium carbonate

Lithium miner Galaxy Resources has produced its first lithium carbonate at its Jiangsu plant, in China, following the successful completion of hot commissioning. MD Iggy Tan said on Tuesday that the company had brought two projects into...

Galaxy to buy Canada's Lithium One for C$109m

Galaxy Resources said on Friday it will take over Canada's Lithium One in a friendly, C$109-million ($109.10-million) deal that will enable the Australian miner to expand its global resources and become a top player in the lithium. Lithium One...

Mt Cattlin surpasses expectations - Galaxy

Lithium miner Galaxy Resources has reported that its Mount Cattlin project, in Western Australia, was exceeding design throughput levels following process improvements in the past 12 months. At full capacity, the Mount Cattlin operation would...

Galaxy opens Chinese plant

Lithium miner Galaxy on Thursday officially opened its Jiangsu lithium carbonate plant, in China. The A$100-million plant was the largest-capacity battery-grade lithium carbonate plant in the Asia Pacific region, and has a design capacity of some...

Talison picks Kwinana to host lithium conversion plant

Talison Lithium, one of the biggest producers of the metal used to make rechargeable batteries, said on Thursday it decided to build its planned lithium conversion plant in the Kwinana industrial area in Western Australia. The Toronto-quoted firm...

Canada Lithium hikes resource at Quebec project

Shares in Canada Lithium Corp (CLQ) leapt over 10% in Toronto on Wednesday morning, after the company said the previous evening that the measured and indicated resource at its Quebec project had increased 13% from a May estimate to 33.2-million...

Aus dollar strength hits Talison's Q3, says lithium demand remains buoyant

Talison Lithium, which on Monday reported a 68% drop in net income to A$1,6-million for the September quarter on a stronger Australian dollar, said it expected prices for its products would continue to climb next year in a constrained market. CEO...

Galaxy's Jiangsu plant nearing completion

Lithium miner Galaxy Resources on Thursday reported that its Jiangsu lithium carbonate project, in China, remained on track for commissioning by the end of the fourth quarter. The miner said that by the end of October, the project was 91% complete.

Talison lifts output and sales, shares surge

Despite the Eurozone debt crisis and fears of s global slowdown, demand for Perth-based Talison Lithium’s products has stayed strong, the company said on Tuesday, in announcing a 53% rise in sales volumes to the quarter ended September 30. The...

Lithium One announces positive PEA at Argentina project

Toronto-listed Lithium One on Monday said a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its Sal de Vida project in Argentina outlined a 25 000 t/y lithium carbonate and 107 000 t/y potash operation, that would cost $356-million to build. The study...

Western Lithium partners with US DoE to study battery products

Western Lithium and the US Department of Energy have struck a deal to develop the TSX-listed firm’s products for battery applications, it announced on Wednesday. The TSX-listed firm’s shares gained 18% on the news to close at $0.49 apiece in...