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Prairie Lithium, formerly Arizona Lithium, has taken delivery of North America's largest commercial direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit, four columns and about four times the size of the single-column system at Standard Lithium's Arkansas project, at its Saskatchewan project. The Williston basin project holds 6.3-million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent and a prefeasibility study shows Phase 1 output of 6 000 t/y from three well pads, requiring $290-million in capital, with a pretax net present value of $448-million. Phase 1 production, targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026 and already fully permitted, is secured under a binding offtake with Hydro Lithium for 100% of output.
LibertyStream locks in offtake and raises capitalLibertyStream Infrastructure Partners has signed a definitive multi-year offtake agreement with a US industrial customer for 60% of planned output from its Freedom 1 facility in Texas, supplying 600 t/y of lithium carbonate from 2027. The company has also launched a non-brokered private placement of up to C$20-million to fund DLE scale-up at its 1 000 t/y Howard County site, developed with Select Water Solutions.
Rio Tinto and Canadian projects advanceRio Tinto expects one of its DLE projects to launch within a few years as it targets tripling lithium output to 200 000 t a year by 2028. E3 Lithium has secured C$36.5-million in federal funding for its Alberta Clearwater project, while Anson Resources' Utah project targets 2027 start-up with POSCO Holdings.
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Vertically integrated lithium technology company Empower EIT has commissioned its new 17 000 square foot Dallas Operations & Innovation Centre, in the US, as the company works towards first...
Prairie Lithium has taken delivery of North America's largest commercial direct lithium extraction unit comprising four columns at its Prairie project.
TSX-V-listed LibertyStream has announced a non-brokered private placement of up to 25-million units at a price of C$0.80 apiece, to raise up to C$20-million. Each unit will comprise of one common...
ASX-listed Prairie Lithium has taken delivery of North America's largest commercial direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit comprising four columns at its Prairie project, in Saskatchewan, marking...
TSX-V-listed LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners has entered into a definitive lithium carbonate offtake agreement with a US industrial customer. The definitive agreement follows a term sheet...
ASX-listed Prairie Lithium has announced a strategic reorganisation of its board of directors to optimise leadership as the company transitions from the development phase toward commercial lithium...
Rio Tinto expects its lithium business to grow faster than its copper, iron-ore and other divisions as it works to triple production by 2028 for the electric vehicle and battery storage markets, an...
Ten new technologies, identified in international organisation the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) 'Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026', are approaching a critical inflection point where...
E3 Lithium has successfully commissioned Phase 2 of the demonstration facility.
ASX-listed Anson Resources has signed a definitive demonstration plant agreement with South Korean steel and battery materials producer POSCO Holdings for the construction and operation of a direct...
E3 has started ordering equipment required for Phase 3 of the project.
Canadian lithium developer E3 Lithium has met all the conditions required to receive Canadian federal government funding worth $36-million to advance Phase 3 of Clearwater project's demonstration...
TSX-V-listed LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners has delivered its first tonne of lithium carbonate to a US-based industrial customer from the company’s direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit and...
Chilean mining companies Codelco and SQM are budgeting $3-billion to deploy new extraction technologies at their lithium joint venture in the Atacama Desert. The companies' Novandino Litio...
Prairie Lithium has started with factory acceptance testing at its commercial-scale direct lithium extraction unit, representing another important step towards commissioning of the project.
ASX-listed Prairie Lithium has started with factory acceptance testing at its commercial-scale direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit, representing another important step towards commissioning of the...
The boards of ASX-listed Anson Resources and South Korean industrial group Posco Holdings have approved the terms for a definitive demonstration plant agreement relating to the construction and...
TSX-V-listed E3 Lithium has outlined its long-term corporate growth strategy, with a clear vision on shareholder value creation across its business. The company’s top priority remains the...
ASX-listed Vulcan Energy has started with construction at its central lithium chemical plant Infraserv Industrial Park Höchst, in Frankfurt, which one of the largest major chemical and energy...
E3 Lithium has completed well development and pump installation at its demonstration facility, with Phase 2 now ready to start operating.
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