Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman, muscles in on one of the largest battery-metal deals leaving investors guessingGina Rinehart, the richest woman in Australia, has acquired a nearly 17% stake in Liontown Resources, threatening its takeover by Albemarle...
07 Oct, 2023, 10.43 AM IST
Mining giants have underestimated the lithium waveA decade ago, the likes of lithium, cobalt and graphite were minor materials, affected less by electric vehicles than the markets for lubri...
13 May, 2023, 09.56 AM IST
Lithium producers Allkem, Livent to combine in $10.6 billion dealCombining U.S.-based Livent and Australia-based Allkem creates an industry powerhouse on four continents that executives hope will bring mo...
11 May, 2023, 12.52 AM IST
One of the World’s lithium leaders looks like a shakier sourceChile is altering the way it extracts and produces lithium, with the government hoping to acquire the majority of new contracts with privat...
29 Apr, 2023, 11.31 AM IST
Chile's lithium nationalisation plans to get a fillip from new extraction technologyDirect lithium extraction technologies are designed to extract the metal from salty brines in Chile's Atacama Desert and elsewhere in the w...
24 Apr, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
Wall St slips on mixed earnings, Fed's rate path in focusUS Treasury yields increased following the survey, leading to the decline of technology and growth stocks, while a slate of Fed speakers th...
21 Apr, 2023, 10.47 PM IST
Asian stocks gain, US treasury yields rise as banking fear easesOn the other hand, oil prices rose more than $3 on Monday as a halt to some exports from Iraq's Kurdistan region added to worries about oil...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.08 AM IST
Panic over metals for EVs goes all the way to automakers’ C-SuitesFor some years now, issues related with availability and costs of crucial battery materials have remained as critical concerns for EV makers
04 Mar, 2023, 10.03 AM IST
Wall Street drops as investors fret about interest ratesThe main indexes were on track to lose ground for the week as economic data pointed to elevated inflation, a tight job market and resilienc...
18 Feb, 2023, 10.05 AM IST
Lithium rally has more room to run, thanks to US climate billAs consumer demand surges for EVs, prices of lithium have skyrocketed to records.
12 Dec, 2022, 09.09 AM IST
Commodity star lithium shows signs of cooling after 1,200% rallyThe commodity, a vital component in most electric-vehicle batteries, has more than tripled in price over the past year, and it’s rallied mo...
17 Nov, 2022, 09.31 AM IST
US stocks slide as heightened Ukraine tensions weighThe Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 622.24 points, or 1.78%, to 34,312.03, the S&P 500 lost 94.75 points, or 2.12%, to 4,380.26 and the N...
18 Feb, 2022, 06.25 AM IST
Wall Street ends higher; Fed to end bond purchases in MarchThe S&P 500's sharp rise on Wednesday erased almost all of its losses from earlier this week and left it just short of its record-high clos...
16 Dec, 2021, 06.28 AM IST
Biggest lithium miner gears up to tap major lode from old carsThe recycling initiative is already underway at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company, with a joint development agreement in place wi...
13 May, 2021, 09.16 AM IST
Tesla may mine its own lithium after dropping M&A planTesla Inc secured its own lithium mining rights in Nevada after dropping a plan to buy a company there, according to people familiar with t...
29 Sep, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Copper prices ease as stimulus promises fail to calm virus fearsThree-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose as much as 0.8 per cent to $5,612 a tonne.
11 Mar, 2020, 03.27 PM IST
Australia, NZ shares end higher; global growth worries persistSector heavyweight CSL Ltd rose 3.4 per cent, while Cochlear Ltd was up 2.9 per cent.
22 Nov, 2018, 12.51 PM IST