PILBF News and Press, Pilbara Minerals Ltd From 05/30/18

A flurry of activity between producers and buyers is underway to lock down supply agreements for years to come. While Chinese buyers are leading the way with deals all over the world, North American buyers including Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors are also securing all that they can as the wo...

The present article was first published for my subscribers only on March 8, 2018, but remains relevant today at the light of Posco’s (PKX) posterior award of an option to generate lithium value-added products in Chile and its recent acquisition of half of Galaxy’s mining prope...

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...

The Peak Major Lithium producers' stock values peaked earlier this year after a robust growth spurt beginning in 2016. Currently, major players, Albemarle ( ALB ), Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chille ( SQM ) and FMC Corp. ( FMC ) are off their earlier highs and in consolidation. That proce...

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...

Nemaska Lithium continues to unlock shareholder value as they advance with their vision to become a vertically integrated lithium producer in Quebec. Most recently, the company has secured another strategic relationship with an emerging lithium battery supplier for the electric transportation ...

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 a boon for lithium power, researchers have built a prototype lithium ion battery that could last 30 to 50 percent longer than any battery on the market. The news comes at a time when demand for lithium supplies are now forecasting a shortfall as early as the end of 2018. Lithium compa...

With costs of lithium batteries seeing cost reductions due to economics of scale, industry experts believe that li-ion plants may well become cheaper than natural gas peakers on a per-unit of power basis within the next ten years. The demand for the lithium already has resource companies ho...

In November 2017, on a long journey to the Olaroz-Cauchari Basin in Northwestern Argentina, I had the opportunity to spend time with Richard Seville, CEO and Managing Director of Australian-based Orocobre ( OROCF ). Orocobre is best known as the only lithium brine explorer to bring meaningfu...