The Latest Breaking News from lithium

While Chile's plan to take control of its lithium industry has caused global shockwaves, state-led production of the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries is seen by analysts as likely years away given technical and political challenges.

Chilean President Gabriel Boric's pitch last week to enshrine greater state control over lithium is emerging as the latest test for the resource nationalism embraced by Latin America's ascendant left but which has proven tough to implement in practice.

As South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol heads to Washington for a visit, the Financial Times is reporting that the White House has asked Seoul to urge its chipmakers (Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix) not to fill the China shortfalls of US rival Micron in the event of a ban by…

Locals are outraged by a plan to cut down trees in a critical breeding area for the Carnaby's black cockatoo — a species on the brink of extinction due to land clearing.

The Chilean government’s newly announced plan to have the state take a majority stake in the lithium industry has disconcerted business leaders

The stock market major indexes closed the week down slightly. FICO credit score provider stock sits in the buy zone.

The lithium-producing countries are scrambling to seize control of lithium mining amid the electric car boom.

Details were unclear as Chilean President Gabriel Boric moves to nationalize lithium production, but lithium stocks skidded lower.

Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits in the world – an enviable position, in many countries’ eyes, as the market for electric vehicles takes off. Though EVs emit fewer greenhouse gases than fuel-powered vehicles, their batteries require more minerals – especially lithium, which…

Chilean President Gabriel Boric has announced a plan to require private companies take Chile’s government on as a partner in the extration of lithium, which is in high demand around the world for use in electric batteries

Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country's lithium industry, the world's second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment.