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Lithium News
Pilgangoora ships first lithium DSO
By: Esmarie Iannucci 18th June 2018 The first 85 000 t of direct shipping ore (DSO) from the Pilgangoora lithium/tantalum project, in Western Australia, has been shipped by ASX-listed Atlas Iron under a mine gate sales agreement with producer Pilbara Minerals. The lithium was exported to China under an offtake agreement under... →
Chile anti-trust regulator to probe Tianqi purchase of SQM stake
By: Reuters 16th June 2018 Chile's anti-trust regulator FNE said on Friday it would open an investigation into the effects on the market of China's Tianqi purchase last month of a 24% stake in SQM, one of the world's top lithium producers. Chile's government under former President Michelle Bachelet in March filed a... →
DFS opens door for Keliber to advance Finland lithium project
By: Creamer Media Reporter 15th June 2018 Exploration and development firm Keliber has published the results of a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its lithium project, in Finland, confirming its financial and technical feasibility. The DFS endows the lithium project with a net present value, using an 8% discount, of €295-million,... →
Albemarle receives approval for WA lithium plant
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th June 2018 The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved the development of a lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant, outside of Bunbury. The plant, to be developed by global producer Albemarle, will produce up to 100 000 t/y of lithium hydroxide monohydrate from five 20 000... →
Hawkstone abandons US lithium buy
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th June 2018 The Australian share price of Hawkstone Mining dropped by more than 22% on Friday after the company announced its withdrawal from its acquisition of USA Lithium. Hawkstone in March this year took an option over USA Lithium, which holds the Big Sandy and Lordsburg lithium projects, in Arizona and... →
Piedmont delivers Carolina belt’s first lithium resource estimate in over 30 years
By: Mariaan Webb 14th June 2018 Australia-listed junior Piedmont Lithium has competed the first resource estimate in more than 30 years in the historic Carolina tin/spodumene belt, in the US, which was home to most of the world’s lithium production and processing between the 1950s and 1980s. The estimate for its Core property,... →
Savannah reports positive economics for Portugal lithium mine
By: Mariaan Webb 14th June 2018 Aim-listed explorer Savannah Resources has reported strong economic indicators for its Mina do Barroso lithium project, in northern Portugal, sending the company’s stock up 14% on Thursday. The study is considered a base case for the project and calculated a pre-tax net present value, applying... →
Pilgangoora concentrator starts commissioning
By: Esmarie Iannucci 13th June 2018 Lithium developer Pilbara Minerals has started commissioning of the concentrator at its Pilgangoora lithium/tantalum project, in Western Australia. First ore will be introduced to the fines production concentrate circuit with the coarse production circuit following in the coming weeks. →
Global Geoscience raises A$53m for Nevada project
By: Esmarie Iannucci 13th June 2018 ASX-listed Global Geoscience was hoping to raise A$53-million through a fully underwritten institutional share placement to fully fund its Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project, in the US, through to a mine development decision in late 2019. The company said on Wednesday that it will place... →
South Africa’s ‘Samcodes way’ a world-beater – Mullins
By: Martin Creamer 12th June 2018 South Africa has succeeded in creating a meticulous set of mineral reporting codes that continue to gain international recognition. The South African Mineral Reporting Codes (Samcodes), which protect investors, are currently so highly regarded that in October South Africa will host a large... →
Samcodes standards committee chairperson Matt Mullins (left) and Mining Weekly Online's Martin Creamer
Chile creates committee to oversee lithium contracts
By: Reuters 12th June 2018 Chile's government said on Monday it was creating a committee to supervise lithium contracts the state has with local miner SQM and US-based Albemarle Corp, deals that are key to positioning the country as a top producer of the white metal. The committee will aim to ensure concession agreements... →
Tawana/Alliance merger powers ahead
By: Esmarie Iannucci 12th June 2018 The merger between ASX-listed Tawana Resources and Singapore-listed Alliance Mineral Assets has been given the green light by both the Singapore Exchange and the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board. The two companies in April announced their merger intentions to create a midtier lithium... →
Kodal to raise £1.5m for Bougouni’s development
By: Simone Liedtke 11th June 2018 West Africa-focused Kodal Minerals has conditionally raised £1.5-million, before expenses, by way of a subscription and placing of 1.1-billion ordinary shares at a price of 0.13p a share. The net proceeds from the fundraising will be used to further the exploration and development programme at... →
Mustang Minerals changes name to Grid Metals
By: Nadine James 8th June 2018 Mustang Minerals has changed its name to Grid Metals. Grid will begin trading on the TSX-V under the symbol GRDM effective June 8. →
Infinity expands plans for Spanish project
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th June 2018 A technical option study at the San Jose lithium project, in Spain, has found that the project was amenable to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide, in addition to the battery grade lithium carbonate already planned. ASX-listed Infinity Lithium said on Friday that the study was conducted in... →
Lithium price may soften this year on ‘slight oversupply’ but EVs driving future optimism 
By: Henry Lazenby 8th June 2018 The lithium price might be in for a rough ride this year, as a supply response might overshoot what the market actually needs, London-based pricing intelligence firm Metal Bulletin’s head of research William Adams tells Mining Weekly in an interview. “We see a slight lithium surplus coming this... →
Lithium price may soften this year on ‘slight oversupply’ but EVs driving future optimism
By: Henry Lazenby 8th June 2018 The lithium price might be in for a rough ride this year, as a supply response might overshoot what the market actually needs, London-based pricing intelligence firm Metal Bulletin’s head of research William Adams tells Mining Weekly in an interview. “We see a slight lithium surplus coming this... →
LME says plans to launch about 15 new contracts in January 2019
By: Reuters 7th June 2018 The London Metal Exchange (LME) plans to launch around 15 new contracts from next January, including cash-settled cobalt and hot-rolled coil steel contracts, an executive said on Wednesday. "We will put in place the technical capabilities by November and then we'll launch them from January,"... →
Battery metals industry dependent on ‘flavour of the month’
By: Simone Liedtke 6th June 2018 With nearly every forecast predicting higher battery use in the years ahead, especially lithium-ion batteries to power new and existing technologies, demand for its component metals may be dependent on what some title “the flavour of the month”. →
IDC senior project development manager Bertie Strydom
European Metals starts beneficiation of Cinovec bulk sample
By: Anine Kilian 6th June 2018 Aim-listed European Metals has started the beneficiation process and magnetic separation of a 15 t bulk sample at its Cinovec lithium/tin project, in the Czech Republic. The beneficiation and magnetic separation of a lithium-rich concentrate will provide pilot plant feed for planned downstream... →
Current mining ‘boom’ very different to last one – CRU
By: Martin Creamer 6th June 2018 A return of capital expenditure (capex) and inorganic sources of growth are seen as a key corporate priority for 2018 and beyond, CRU Group senior consultant Aleksander Popovic said on Wednesday. The provider of marketing intelligence to mining told the Junior Indaba that the company’s... →
CRU Group senior consultant Aleksander Popovic
Global plans small operation in US
By: Esmarie Iannucci 6th June 2018 Lithium-boron developer Global Geoscience has unveiled the development plans for the Rhyolite Ridge project, in Nevada, targeting a shorter permitting process. The company told shareholders that the site layout for the Rhyolite Ridge project has been designed with a total surface disturbance... →
Neometals finds land for lithium refinery
By: Esmarie Iannucci 6th June 2018 ASX-listed Neometals has signed a two-year option to sub-lease a site for its proposed lithium hydroxide refinery. The company on Wednesday told shareholders that it had signed an option agreement with the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder over a 40 ha site in a new industrial estate. →
Bald Hill reserves double - Tawana
By: Esmarie Iannucci 6th June 2018 Reserves at the Bald Hill lithium/tantalum project, in Western Australia, has more than doubled following pit design changes that resulted from an increased resource estimate. ASX-listed Tawana Resources and its joint venture partner Alliance Minerals on Wednesday reported that total lithium... →
Chile's SQM hires former chairperson Ponce as adviser, government says
By: Reuters 6th June 2018 Chilean lithium miner SQM has retained former chairperson Julio Ponce as an adviser, according to Chilean state development agency Corfo, despite an agreement to distance himself from the firm to end a long-running royalties dispute. Ponce and his brother Eugenio, a former president of the... →
Premier African secures $300 000 loan
By: Marleny Arnoldi 5th June 2018 Aim-listed Premier African Minerals (Pam) has entered into a loan agreement with a company, owned by a trust of which its CEO George Roach is a beneficiary, for a gross value of $300 000. The loan will provide additional general working capital, while the company looks to bring finality to the... →
Macusani lithium, uranium projects to be ‘production ready’ by 2020 – Plateau
By: Simone Liedtke 5th June 2018 The new Falchani lithium discovery area will now be included in the ongoing, now-expanded, environmental baseline study for TSX-V-listed Plateau Energy Metals’ Macusani lithium and uranium projects, in southeastern Peru. The expanded baseline study has been submitted and accepted by the Peruvian... →
Extended Hanwa offtake to underpin Sonora expansion
By: Mariaan Webb 4th June 2018 London-listed Bacanora has secured an in-principle undertaking from battery chemicals trader Hanwa to extend its lithium offtake agreement, which will underpin an expansion of the Sonora lithium project, in Mexico, to 35 000 t/y. The offtake agreement will be extended by another five years at a... →
Nutrien auctions remaining shares in lithium miner SQM for nearly $1bn
By: Reuters 1st June 2018 Canadian fertiliser company Nutrien auctioned its remaining stake in Chile lithium miner SQM on Friday for nearly $1-billion, the last step in meeting regulatory commitments after the company was formed in January by the merger of Agrium and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan. The nearly 20.17-million... →
Tawana shareholders to vote on proposed demerger of noncore assets in July
By: Simone Liedtke 1st June 2018 Shareholders of ASX- and JSE-listed Tawana Resources will vote on the proposed demerger of the company’s noncore assets on July 6. The proposed demerger, first announced in March, will involve a capital reduction and distribution which will be satisfied by an in-specie distribution of 85% of the... →
Oil & gas, mining industries anxious about top brass succession planning
By: Henry Lazenby 31st May 2018 There is real anxiety in the oil and gas and mining industries regarding the lack of aptitude to replace an ageing top-level management talent pool, Stephen Diotte, partner and head of leadership services for Odgers Berndtson tells Mining Weekly Online. He recently joined the executive search... →
Kodal identifies further lithium intersections at Bougouni
By: Anine Kilian 31st May 2018 West Africa-focused Kodal Minerals has identified further high-grade lithium mineralised intersections at the Sogola-Baoule prospect at its Bougouni lithium project, in southern Mali. "These latest high-grade intersections continue to highlight the potential of the Sogola-Baoule prospect,” CEO... →
E3 Metals rises on successful petro-lithium extraction bench tests
By: Henry Lazenby 31st May 2018 The TSX-V-quoted equity of technology firm E3 Metals Corp jumped on Wednesday following an announcement by the company that it has succeeded in concentrating raw brine from 75 mg/ℓ to 1 206 mg/ℓ lithium in less than three hours, while simultaneously removing 99% of the critical metal impurities.... →
Electric vehicles could increase to 220m in 2030 – IEA
By: Marleny Arnoldi 30th May 2018 The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) ‘Global Electric Vehicles Outlook’ has found that the number of electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads exceeded three-million in 2017, which is a 54% increase compared with 2016. →
‘There is no knowing where the change will end’ – analyst
By: Henry Lazenby 30th May 2018 The wave of change that the electrification of automobiles brings is moving beyond electric vehicles (EV) to the micro, artificial intelligence and autonomous mobility options, which should increasingly be brought into the outlook for the burgeoning market. “Big gambles and bold leadership does... →
IronRidge drilling programme progresses, assays expected in two months
By: Marleny Arnoldi 29th May 2018 Aim-listed minerals exploration company IronRidge Resources on Tuesday reported that its reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme at the Ewoyaa project, in Ghana, had encountered multiple, broad visible pegmatite intersections. →
Pilbara adds more resource at Pilgangoora
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th May 2018 ASX-listed Pilbara Minerals has reported a 36% increase in the mineral resource at its Pilgangoora lithium project, in Western Australia. The company told shareholders that the resource was now estimated at 213-million tonnes, grading 1.32% spodumene and 116 parts per million (ppm) tantalum... →
Galaxy sells Argentina tenements to Posco for $280m
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th May 2018 Lithium miner Galaxy Resources has struck a $280-million deal with Korea’s Posco to divest of its tenement package in the northern area of the Salar de Hombre Muerto, in Argentina. The package of tenements is north of Galaxy’s Sal de Vida project, which hosts an estimated 4.09-million tonnes of... →
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