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Global lithium demand will more than triple between now and 2050, requiring the equivalent of 134 new mines and more than $100 billion in investment before any contribution from recycling,…
The battery in your electric car contains more graphite than any other material by weight. Here is what it is, how it works and why China…
A Santiago-based consultancy has drawn a distinction that most critical-mineral forecasts miss. Scarcity and fragility are not the same problem. They do not always affect the…
Lithium brine evaporation ponds and processing infrastructure. By Charles Pitts Lithium carbonate futures fell more than 3% in a single session in September, interrupting a firm…
Western Australian hard-rock lithium development infrastructure in the Goldfields region. Titan Australia Mining, a subsidiary of UAE-headquartered critical minerals group Titan Lithium, has agreed to acquire…
India will launch a new lithium-nickel processing scheme as it develops critical-mineral parks and seeks greater domestic mineral value addition.
By Charles Pitts Lithium prices have recovered sharply from last year’s lows, but the market is now testing whether stronger benchmarks can translate into durable project…
By Charles Pitts Uranium’s 2026 price move is increasingly being driven by long-term utility contracting rather than short-term spot-market speculation. Spot uranium has risen from about…
Lithium brine evaporation ponds and processing infrastructure in an arid Chilean landscape. By Charles Pitts Chile’s tightening of water extraction permits in the Atacama is changing…
Ewoyaa is being advanced as Ghana’s first commercial lithium-producing mine. By Charles Pitts Huayou Cobalt has cleared a major Australian regulatory hurdle in its proposed US$210…
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