Lithium mining news

Wärtsilä and Schneider Electric have together developed a power system reference design, specifically aimed at lithium mine operations where there is no access to a grid supply of electricity.

AVZ Minerals Ltd has advised that its 100% owned DRC subsidiary company, Nyuki Logistics Company SASU, has secured a renewable 25-year lease on a 1227 ha. site located near the town of Kabondo Dianda.

BASF, Daimler AG, Fairphone, and Volkswagen Group have initiated a ‘Responsible Lithium Partnership’ aiming to work towards responsible natural resource management, including lithium, in Chile‘s Salar de Atacama.

The Department for International Trade has identified Cornwall’s mining sector as a High Potential Opportunity for investment.

The Board of IronRidge Resources Ltd has announced its intention to progress a demerger of the company's gold assets in Côte d'Ivoire and Chad into a new gold focused entity, so as to create a distinct focus for the Cape Coast Lithium Portfolio.

Partners Lithium Americas and Ganfeng Lithium have provided an update on their Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Jujuy province, Argentina.

Rio Tinto and InoBat have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to accelerate the establishment of a ‘cradle to cradle’ battery manufacturing and recycling value chain in Serbia.

USA Rare Earth has fully funded its commitment and exercised its option to acquire an 80% interest in the Round Top Project in Hudspeth County, Texas.

Lithium Power International’s JV company, Minera Salar Blanco, has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Mitsui & Co.

The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has extended the public comment period on a lithium exploration project near Wikieup.