Lithium mining news

Albemarle Corp. has signed agreements with Caterpillar Inc. to collaborate on solutions to support the full circular battery value chain and sustainable mining operations.

Sigma Lithium has successfully prepared 22 500 t of battery-grade, carbon neutral, zero hazardous chemicals, and zero tailings sustainable lithium at Vitoria Port to be shipped to Glencore.

CleanTech Lithium has announced the results of a scoping study for the Francisco Basin Project, which confirms its potential viability to become the company’s second major project in Chile.

Metso has modernised its pilot facility at the Metso Research Center in Pori, Finland, with expanded capabilities for lithium hydroxide and other battery chemicals process testing.

Liontown has awarded Monadelphous the ‘wet plant structural, mechanical, and piping’ and ‘electrical and instrumentation’ contracts for its Kathleen Valley Lithium Project.

Infinity Lithium Corp. Ltd has provided an update on the outcome of successful test work relating to the evaluation of alternative extractive technologies.

ERM has been appointed by Cornish Lithium to lead the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Trelavour hard rock mine project in Cornwall.

CleanTech Lithium, an exploration and development company advancing sustainable lithium projects in Chile, has provided an update on the commissioning of its DLE pilot plant.

E3 Lithium Ltd has successfully produced lithium carbonate, the last major step in a conventional process before conversion to battery quality lithium hydroxide monohydrate.

Galan Lithium Ltd has announced that full Phase 1 pond construction has commenced at the Hombre Muerto West lithium brine project in Catamarca Province, Argentina.