CHILE LITHIUM
Coal India, NMDC, OVL look to secure critical mineral assets abroad
CIL, NMDC, OVL, and KABIL are collaborating to secure critical minerals overseas, focusing on lithium for EV batteries. India defines 30 critical minerals to meet energy transition goals for various sectors.
Coal India, NMDC exploring lithium mines overseas
State-run miners Coal India and NMDC are venturing into lithium mines in Chile and Australia, aiming to secure critical minerals. India's Mines Ministry encourages state-owned firms like ONGC Videsh to explore overseas. Delegations will visit Zambia and Congo for joint exploration. India eyes trade pacts for access to critical minerals globally, including with Chile and Mongolia.
India set to send teams to Chile seeking lithium and copper assets, report says
Chile is a key target as it is the world's biggest supplier of copper and the second-biggest producer of lithium, which are essential for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy systems in the push away from fossil fuels.
It’s too late to China-proof the lithium supply chain
In Chile, which trails Australia as the 2nd-biggest producer of lithium, Chinese money is also dominant.
Yellen sees growing trade with Chile, a vital EV metal supplier
Chile has the world’s largest reserves of lithium and is the No. 2 supplier after Australia. That also makes it a vital partner for China, by far the top global EV producer, which last year bought about two-thirds of Chile’s lithium exports.
Incentives, investments in tech, infra must for developing India's critical mineral sector: GTRI
A report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) emphasized the need for fiscal incentives, technological investments, infrastructure development, and a supportive regulatory environment to boost India's critical mineral sector. India, currently reliant on imports, aims to develop a domestic supply chain for minerals crucial in high-tech and renewable energy technologies.
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India to explore lithium in Argentina
An official statement this is the first ever lithium exploration and mining project by an Indian government company. KABIL will start exploration and development of 5 lithium brine blocks in Argentina. The project cost is about 200 crores.
India to pump in about Rs 200 cr to explore, develop five lithium blocks in Argentia: Govt
"The project will help India strengthen lithium supplies, while developing lithium mining and downstream sectors of both the countries," mines minister Pralhad Joshi said in a post on X. India, among the world's top greenhouse gas emitters, has been pursuing overseas pacts to secure key minerals in resource-rich countries such as Australia, Argentina and Chile.
Why Copper deserves a significant focus in discussions on mineral supply and supply-chain security
For long, copper has been the most preferred metal for electrical conduction due to its unique features like strength, ductility, corrosion resistance, and safest conduction of electricity and heat. It has now emerged as a critical metal in the energy transition technologies.
Solution to pollution: Are electric cars ‘green’?
While demand for EVs is rising, India needs to ensure that this transition in transportation is truly green.
Jammu and Kashmir lithium reserves pique overseas interest
The federally administered region of Jammu and Kashmir in India is planning to auction its lithium reserves in the coming weeks, according to a government source. This move comes as India seeks to secure supplies of lithium, a vital component for electric vehicle batteries. Discussions with the Chilean government were also underway to secure lithium block.
Race for speedier lithium is underway from Arkansas to Argentina
This new way of mining lithium is being seen as the solution for increasing output while protecting the environment all across the world’s EV supply chain.
Who wants the precious mine? A lot is going on in India on critical minerals front
India Inc is seeking incentives for mining and processing the 30 critical minerals that the Centre has identified as crucial for economic growth and national security.
From walnuts to wines: Chile caters to Indian taste
ProChile, a Chilean organization that promotes resource rich country globally, is keen to bring the Latin American agro-food varieties to India from apples to wines. Chilean food like kiwifruit, cherries, blueberries, apples, walnuts, and wines are becoming popular in India.
Argentina to begin lithium battery production in September this year
Argentina is the world's fourth-largest producer of lithium and has been attracting investment. Along with Chile and Bolivia, the country is in South America's so-called 'lithium triangle'.
French minerals group Imerys to produce lithium in UK for EV batteries
Global lithium demand is forecast to surge by around three-quarters between 2022 and 2025, helped by governments and industrial companies positioning to secure supply of battery materials as they promote EVs as a way of curbing emissions.
Mining giants have underestimated the lithium wave
A decade ago, the likes of lithium, cobalt and graphite were minor materials, affected less by electric vehicles than the markets for lubricants, drill-bits and smelting equipment. Nowadays, battery demand is so intense that rising prices risk holding back the energy transition, and major industrial consumers are rushing to lock down supplies. There are few better ways to finance the multibillion-dollar investments needed to decarbonize our economies than letting the balance sheets of giant companies loose on the problem — so where have the major miners been?
Lithium producers Allkem, Livent to combine in $10.6 billion deal
Combining U.S.-based Livent and Australia-based Allkem creates an industry powerhouse on four continents that executives hope will bring more heft and skills needed to boost supply of the metal to an increasingly hungry automotive sector, including Tesla Inc, General Motors Co and BMW.
Anand Mahindra on what India needs to do to utilise lithium reserves found in Rajasthan
Leading industrialist Anand Mahindra on Tuesday hailed the discovery of lithium reserves in Rajasthan and called for quickly stepping up to install refining capacity of the crucial mineral in the country. In a tweet, he noted that China already has a lead when it comes to refining capacity.
Lithium reserves found in Rajasthan's Nagaur, higher capacity than J&K reserves
Lithium is a non-ferrous metal, which is used to make mobile-laptop, electric vehicle and other chargeable batteries. GSI and mining officials have claimed that the amount of Lithium present in these reserves can satisfy 80 percent of India's total demand. The discovery of these reserves may help in reducing the dependency of India on China for Lithium.
One of the World’s lithium leaders looks like a shakier source
Chile is altering the way it extracts and produces lithium, with the government hoping to acquire the majority of new contracts with private organizations.
Chile's lithium nationalisation plans to get a fillip from new extraction technology
Direct lithium extraction technologies are designed to extract the metal from salty brines in Chile's Atacama Desert and elsewhere in the world using filters, membranes, ceramic beads or other equipment that can typically be housed in a small warehouse.
General Motors moves deeper into mining with EnergyX lithium investment
Privately-held EnergyX is one of several companies developing so-far unproven direct lithium extraction technologies (DLE) that could help GM filter the metal for its Ultium battery packs from some types of brine that have been largely ignored by the mining industry in favor of evaporation ponds and open-pit mines.
The great lithium push
India is now the eighth-largest lithium reserve country thanks to discovery in Jammu & Kashmir. This find has the potential to alter the speed of India’s decarbonisation. It puts India in much stronger position in the global critical materials trade, makes it attractive for investments in key forward-looking sectors.
India's lithium discovery could electrify entire domestic PV installed base: Jefferies
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) recently said it has found lithium deposits for the first time in the country. India has lately been looking to strengthen its supply of key minerals, including lithium, that will be critical for furthering its electric vehicle plans
How Rs 34 trillion lithium find could shape India's EV story
The recent lithium discovery is classified as G3. Further exploration, a detailed mapping including geochemical and geophysical surveys and drilling, is required to arrive at a G1 estimate. Simultaneously, an economic analysis will also be conducted to determine economically viable extractable mineral content.
Next big risk for booming EV sales: Tight lithium supplies
Rampant lithium demand has caught many forecasters by surprise, with booming global EV sales causing consumption to double over the past two years.
ETtech Opinion | India on right track to be global EV hub: Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal
It’s in India’s destiny to build world class products in electric mobility segment.
Renewable energy, demand for minerals and law of unintended consequences
In a simple language, the move to renewables and EVs will mean that the demand for certain metals and minerals from copper to lithium will move up, for some, by an order of magnitude.
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