China’s Win-Win in Zimbabwe: Lithium for Regime Legitimacy
China is shoring up its lithium supply chains in Zimbabwe, and the increasingly repressive Mnangagwa regime is happy to play ball.
Lithium Industry: US Senate Approves Critical Tax Treaty with Chile
The US lithium trade cleared a decade-long hurdle in June, clearing the way for greater US involvement in Chile’s lithium industry.
Chile Announces Plan to Nationalize Lithium Industry
Resource nationalism continues to ripple through South America as governments consolidate control over critical mineral industries like lithium.
The G20 Must Build on the G7 Five-Point Plan for Critical Minerals
The robust partnership between the G7 and G20 presidencies of Japan and India respectively represents a unique opportunity to consolidate global action on critical minerals.
Lithium OPEC: Viable or Volatile?
Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Brazil are exploring the idea of forming an OPEC-like cartel for the lithium industry, but there are geopolitical and domestic roadblocks involved that won’t easily be overcome.
Critical Minerals: Global Lithium Supply
New energy paradigms demand new strategic commodities. This article examines factors impacting lithium supply over the next decade.
US Lithium Industry: Thacker Pass
The story of Thacker Pass – the future jewel in the crown of the US lithium industry – illustrates many of the challenges in shoring up US supply lines of critical inputs for green technology.
Lithium Monopoly in the Making? Beijing Expands in the Lithium Triangle
China aims to expand its influence in the “Lithium Triangle” as a component of a broader campaign to construct a near-monopoly in the global lithium market.
Critical Minerals: Global Lithium Demand
New energy paradigms demand new strategic commodities. First in a new series, this article examines factors impacting lithium demand over the next decade.
Critical Minerals: US Lithium Production
US battery giants have long been reliant on foreign lithium supply for their production. But this is now changing.