Lithium Americas could produce potash by 2014

Lithium Americas Corp, which owns the Cauchari-Olaroz project in Argentina, is including potential potash production in its feasibility study due for the first quarter of next year, and could start production of the crop nutrient concurrently with...

Rising prices a boon for Lithium Americas - CEO

Lithium America’s Cauchari-Olaroz project in Argentina is set to benefit from recent increases in lithium demand and prices, CEO Waldo Perez said on Monday. The company is on track to complete a feasibility study on building a mine on what it...

Lithium Americas shares rise after positive preliminary study

Toronto-listed Lithium Americas Corp’s (LAC’s) Cauchari project in Argentina could produce 40 000 t/y of lithium carbonate and would cost around $400-million to build, the company said on Monday. Announcing a preliminary economic assessment...

Lithium Americas targets full feas by end-2011 on Argentina project

TSX-listed Lithium Americas expects a preliminary economic assessment for its flagship Cauchari lithium/potassium project in the first three months of 2011, followed by a final feasibility document in the fourth quarter. With the final...

Lithium Americas appoints engineering firm for Argentina project

TSX-listed Lithium Americas Corp (LAC) has brought in ARA WorleyParsons, the Chilean engineering company, to develop its Argentinean Cauchari-Olaroz project. The lithium hopeful said on Wednesday that it would update its resource estimate for the...

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...