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The global lithium market has entered a period of calculated stabilization. As the industry navigates the second half of 2026, battery-grade lithium carbonate spot prices have…
Jiangxi lepidolite mining and processing infrastructure in China. The lithium market’s 2026 surplus is becoming increasingly dependent on one question: when, and at what rate, CATL…
Lithium brine ponds and processing infrastructure in an arid Andean landscape. Canada has opened a national security review process into Lithium Chile Inc.’s proposed US$175 million…
Hard-rock spodumene mining and processing infrastructure in Brazil. The lithium price forecast 2026 is increasingly defined by stabilization rather than another price spike. After the sharp…
Jianxiawo is one of China’s largest hard-rock lithium operations, with its uncertain restart now driving volatility across the battery-materials market. Uncertainty over the restart of CATL’s…
Lepidolite lithium mine and processing infrastructure in Jiangxi, China. The 2026 lithium price forecast is increasingly tied to one regulatory question in China: when can CATL…
Lithium brine evaporation ponds and processing infrastructure in Chile’s Salar de Atacama. Battery-grade lithium carbonate has moved back into the low-$20,000s per tonne in key Asian…
A lepidolite lithium operation in Jiangxi province, China. CATL’s prolonged shutdown of the Jianxiawo lithium mine in Jiangxi is tightening a market that had been expected…
Brazil’s Lithium Valley is attracting consolidation as producers seek to combine neighbouring hard-rock assets and infrastructure. Lithium Ionic Corp. has agreed to sell its Salinas group…
A consortium including Glencore, Kyma Capital and investor Trifon Natsis has proposed injecting new equity into Sherritt International at C$0.12 per share, seeking to take at…
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