SQM News and Press, Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. From 07/06/22

Recession fears have reached new heights as the markets continue to spiral; stocks, bonds, and oil all decline, with no signs of abating. Global economies are struggling as increasing prices, inflation, and geopolitical concerns sweep the globe; emerging stocks are underperforming, wi...

While Q2 proved significantly more challenging than Q1, the All-Weather Portfolio remains positive for the year. The current countertrend rally may continue, but the bottom to this bear market will probably materialize later this year. Diversification, rotation, intra-quarterly ad...

Materials stocks dropped over 17% in the first half of 2022 , compared with a 21% drop for the SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF ( SPY ). Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLB ) was also down over 19% during the period. Industrial metals have had a rough six months, hurt by so...

Lithium chemicals prices were higher the past month and spodumene prices were higher. Lithium market news - Congress and Pentagon seek to shore up strategic mineral stockpile. SA report - "Goldman wrong on lithium pessimism, specialty analysts say." Junior lithium miner company ne...

Lithium chemicals prices were higher the past month and spodumene prices were higher. Pilbara Minerals BMX pre-auction bid delivers a record spot sale price of over US$7,000/DMT. Lithium market news - GS forecasts end to the lithium bull market in 2023, but prices could soar again aft...

Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) +5.2% in Wednesday's trading after raising the total estimated mineral resource at its Grota do Cirilo project in Brazil by ~50% to 85.7M metric tons, which would make the mine the largest hard-rock lithium project in the Americas, and behind only SQM (SQM), Albema...

Goldman Sachs grabbed investor attention when it warned recently that lithium prices had peaked and will go into reverse this year as supply from unconventional new sources overwhelms demand, but specialty firms including Benchmark Mineral Intelligence are pushing back, Bloomberg reporte...

Goldman Sachs pushes questionable narrative concerning lithium prices; industry experts reject the assessment. In a knee-jerk reaction, lithium stocks reacted negatively to the GS report; this presents a buying opportunity for the long-term EV investor. We share with investors how...

Goldman Sachs analysts released a note Monday suggesting the bull market in lithium is over. They foresee lithium carbonate prices cratering to just above $16,000 per ton in 2023. Despite this, Goldman still sees a supercycle pending in 2024 and beyond. On this last point, I a...

Lithium mining stocks have been having a great year. Shares of the three largest lithium producers listed on a major U.S. stock exchange -- Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) , Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE: SQM) , or SQM, and Livent (NYSE: LTHM) -- returned 57%, ...