Ten years ago,
it would have been unforeseeable to truly understand how reliable we would
become on lithium powered smart devices and electric vehicles. Back then,
Western Australia only had one lithium mine in operation and the mineral
sparked little interest as compared to the fossil fuel industries such as oil
and...
Talison Lithium has awarded Mondium a $100 million contract for the design and construction of a new tailing retreatment processing plant at the Greenbushes mine in Western Australia.
Mondium, a joint venture between Monadelphous (60
per cent) and Lycopodium (40 per cent), will carry out...
Australian lithium miner - Kidman Resources has
announced a takeover bid has been advised by Wesfarmers for an amount of $776
million. The news comes only 2 months after Wesfarmers made an unsuccessful bid
for rare earth miner – Lynas Corporation for an amount of up to $1.5 billion.
Western Australia’s Lithium front runner Altura Mining has silenced many of its critics by achieving a steady increase in production at its flagship Pilgangoora Lithium mine following the completion of commissioning earlier this year.
The company has been
able to consistently deliver around 14 000...
Volkswagen and Chinese battery
supplier Gangfeng Lithium have signed a letter of intent stating the intention
for Gangfeng to supply its lithium
ion battery cells over the next decade.
Gangfeng is already the preferred supplier for several
companies such as Tesla, LG, Chem and BMW.
American Lithium major Albermarle and WA Premier Mark McGowan
have announced on Thursday that construction has now started at the $1 billion
plant in Kemerton Western Australia. The Albermarle plant is currently the
largest lithium processing plant that has been approved in Australia and is set
to deliver up to 100...
Premier Mark McGowan and Minister Bill Johnston have launched
the Western Australian Future Battery
Industry Strategy to grow the State into a world-leading exporter of future
battery minerals, materials, technologies and expertise.
The State
Government's Future Battery Industry Strategy for Western Australia
The rapid...
Australian lithium producer, Pilbara Minerals Limited has advised
that the Company’s Board has conditionally exercised its option to enter into
an incorporated joint venture with POSCO for the development of a downstream
lithium chemical conversion facility in South Korea.
The plant is to be located in GWANGYANG...
Prices for
lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate are expected to remain volatile
according to Brisbane based lithium producer Orocobre. According to
company management, its operations in Argentina have seen prices for their
lithium drop up to 40% over the last 6 months, creating short term difficulty
for financing new industrial projects.
Western Australia has a significant proportion of global battery minerals, including lithium (9%), cobalt (17%), nickel (25%), alumina (20%), manganese (14%), vanadium (9.5%), and non-battery minerals used in the manufacturing of electric vehicles and energy storage systems, such as rare earths.
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