ALTAF News and Press, Altura Mining Ltd Ord From 08/31/18

Chris Berry - House Mountain partners - @cberry1 Chris, can you please tell our readers about your background and your current roles in the EV metals industry? I’ve been based in New York for the past 20 years and during that time gained capital markets experience with bot...

Welcome to the August 2018 edition of the lithium miner news. What a busy month! This past month saw China spot price falls accelerate (but no panic) and plenty of great lithium market and company news. Perhaps the biggest news was SQM exiting their partnership with LAC at Cauchari, only to ...

Welcome to the July 2018 edition of the lithium miner news. This past month saw China lithium spot prices continue to decline from previous lofty levels. Global contract prices remain strong and are up on 2017 levels due to excellent demand - Or as Ken Brinsden of Pilbara Minerals says - ...

Welcome to the June 2018 edition of the lithium miner news. This past month saw the industry experts voice their views that lithium demand is strengthening. For example, Mr Lithium Joe Lowry upped his LCE demand forecast. Meanwhile India announced that Indian State-owned firms to be mandated t...

The thing about trends is they change. Even a trend with a long runway ahead of it is bound to hit some bumps and curves in the road, and the early winners are often displaced by nimble (or well-funded) latecomers who catch up before the trend really gets going. We interviewed Matt Bohlsen...

Since 2016, lithium chemical prices have been on the rise due to a build-up in battery manufacturing capacity. This increased manufacturing capacity is generating a tidal wave of demand for new energy vehicles and stationary energy storage technologies, along with a variety of secondary appl...

SQM puts oversupply fears to rest The SQM-CORFO deal of January, and the subsequent Morgan Stanley report that references the deal (which forecasts lithium oversupply beginning in 2019), was enough to put the lithium sector into hibernation. Since January, lithium stocks have suffered hu...

Welcome to the May 2018 edition of the lithium miner news. This past month saw little change for the lithium stocks despite the incredibly good news from Volkswagen (VLKAY). It seems the market still cannot get over oversupply fears. Meanwhile the lithium price action confirms a balanced lithi...

Welcome to the April 2018 edition of the lithium miner news. This past month saw most lithium stock prices start to recover after the severe falls of the first quarter. Lithium spot and contract price news During April, 99.5% lithium carbonate China spot prices were down 4.44%. Global ...

In December 2017, I visited the Los Angeles Auto Show to better understand the transition to new energy vehicles. I was content with my findings. Every automaker either offered an all-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle, but it was clear that the industry still requires another year before mo...