Albemarle details efforts to boost its Chilean lithium output by 30%

Joint venture with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor, a major Chinese maker of engines for electric vehicles, will allow Alliance to participate in the downstream lithium products market without having to incur the capital costs or risk associated with the construction of a conversion facility.

Mining has become the sixth most important sector when it comes to exports.

Another lithium-ion battery has exploded, this time at an energy-storage complex in the U.S.

Recent mergers and acquisitions have brought the industry back into the spotlight, after years of speculation around how the sector could regain power, PwC's Canadian Mine report notes.

Ernst & Young’s Canadian Mining Eye index — which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies — rose 5% fin the January-March period.

Shifting battery chemistries sees lithium deployment outpace global electric car sales volume growth – report.

Officials said their companies are charging ahead with a flurry of new electric vehicle models, citing rising regulatory requirements globally.

There are now 486 EV manufacturers registered in China.

Tianqi's official board nominations will take place on April 25 at a shareholders meeting in Santiago.