The Latest Breaking News from lithium

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) is undergoing a major restructure under a newly appointed CEO, Simon Trott, who took over the role on Monday. On Wednesday, he unveiled a radical simplification of the miner's operations into three core business units: iron ore, copper, and a combined aluminium–lithium group.

Bolivian right-wing presidential hopeful Jorge Quiroga on Monday vowed to scrap billion-dollar lithium extraction deals struck by the outgoing government with Russia and China if elected leader.

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The lithium market surged on Monday, following the news that China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL) halted operations at one of the world’s largest lithium mines in Jiangxi province. Prices on the Shanghai Metals Exchange rallied as high as $10,800 per ton, erasing the entire year’s slump that saw…

Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB), a leading global producer of lithium for electric vehicle batteries, shares are surging Monday afternoon following news that could significantly tighten the global lithium supply. Here’s what investors need to know.

U.S. stocks were slightly higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.1% on Monday.

Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) soared 10.57% while other lithium stocks Lithium Americas Corp (NYSE:LAC) and Sociedad Quimica y Minr de Chile SA (NYSE:SQM) climbed 9.32% and 7.39%, respectively, in premarket trading on Monday, amid hopes that the halt in operations at CATL’s mine could potentially affect the global lithium supply and push…