Lithium outlook bright with auto electrification

emand for lithium should ramp up over the next decade to produce the lithium-ion batteries needed to power the next generation of electric and electric hybrid vehicles. "I think that the future of transportation and energy is in electrification and smart grids. For electrification to really take place, you need a number of drivers, and [...]

Australian companies team up to develop lithium project

ASX-listed Reed Resources had signed an agreement with fellow listed Mineral Resources to develop the Mount Marion lithium project, in Western Australia, the company announced on Tuesday. Under the terms of the agreement, Mineral Resources would deliver an operations-start notice by the end of June 2010, with operations starting by the end of December that [...]

Big lithium, potash deposits found in Mexico

A new discovery of a major deposit of lithium and potash in central Mexico will turn the country into a producer of both materials, the small Mexican company who made the find said on Monday. The 50 000 hectare (124 000 acre) deposit in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas could hold up to 800-million [...]

Lithium leading the charge

Jon Hykawy, Byron Capital Markets’ recently appointed lithium analyst, talks about his favorite subject. Interview with The Gold Report Read more….

The rush for lithium is just beginning

With the anticipated huge growth in hybrid electric vehicles among others demand for lithium is expected to skyrocket. Read more….

Lithium Bonanza in Bolivia

Tom Mangan/a> submits: [ad] The New York Times has a story that must have mining companies’ mouths watering: the world’s largest reserves of lithium — a key ingredient in batteries that could power hybrid cars — lie beneath a salt flat in a remote corner of Bolivia, whose current president is Evo Morales, a leftist [...]