lithium market

MJ COMMENT

Don't bet on Beijing to bail out the lithium market

China has always put manufacturing ahead of mining

15 August 2025

NORTH AMERICA

Albemarle reports over $1B loss as lithium continues its price slump

The miner is cutting 6-7% of its workforce

07 November 2024

ENERGY MINERALS

SQM earnings nearly halved in 2023 amid lithium price slump

Plummeting prices hit the world’s largest lithium producer despite record sales

29 February 2024

ENERGY MINERALS

Albemarle reports second-highest earnings despite lithium challenges

Full-year net sales were at $9.6 billion

15 February 2024

ENERGY MINERALS

Hopes rise that China's lithium price rout will end soon

Shanghai conference hears that bearish price movements could be at an end

08 December 2023

ENERGY MINERALS

Wild battery metal price swings come home to roost in China

The boom of 2021-22 is backfiring

06 December 2023

ENERGY MINERALS

Albemarle cuts guidance on weaker lithium prices

Lower lithium prices takes sheen of soaring sales and income

04 May 2023

ENERGY MINERALS

SQM plans US$3.4 billion of new spending

Revenues nearly triple

02 March 2023

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Mt Ida Strikes Higher with Baldock

Phase 1 infill drilling confirms high-grade gold and strengthens Mt Ida’s growth

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Key outcomes from metallurgical testing at Oval and exploration growth at Maikhan

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Mt Malcolm Secures CIL Gold Mill

Inside the strategy behind Mt Malcolm’s 500,000 TPA CIL mill acquisition

RESOURCE STOCKS

Mt Ida Delivers Again

Ballard Mining discusses the latest Mt Ida regional drilling results and what comes

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