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  1. forum rang 10 voda 10 mei 2023 15:27
    Trending Now: Allkem, Livent to merge into $10.6 billion lithium chemical giant
    Power Materials News | May 10, 2023

    Australia-listed lithium producer Allkem and US-based lithium chemical producer Livent are merging to create a $10.6 billion integrated lithium chemical company, Kallanish reports.

    The all-stock merger will see Livent shareholders receive 2.406 shares of the new company for each existing Livent share. After completion, Allkem shareholders will own around 56% of the combined firm and Livent shareholders about 44%.

    Livent’s ceo Paul Graves says the transaction will capitalise the highly complementary business models and collective strengths. “Together we can accelerate our growth plans and deliver more lithium, more reliably, and more quickly, than either of us can do alone,” he adds.

    Increased economies of scale and resources, through the new company’s geographically adjacent asset portfolios in Argentina and North America, is one of the main synergies highlighted by the companies. Livent is a global leader in lithium processing technologies, producing a range of lithium chemicals. Allkem adds expertise in conventional brine-based lithium extraction, hard-rock mining and lithium processing.

    With assets in Argentina, Australia, US, Canada, Japan, UK and China, the combined firm is forecast to become the third-largest lithium producer in the world, behind only Albemarle and SQM. The new company will have roughly 248,000 tonnes/year lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production capacity by 2027, surpassing Ganfeng’s forecast 229,000 t/y capacity, executives say in a presentation.

    “We will create a leading global lithium chemicals company,” says Allkem’s ceo Martín Pérez de Solay. “I believe Allkem shareholders will realise significant benefits from the transaction as the business transforms into a truly global player with listings in the US and Australia.”

    The transaction, which remains subject to regulatory approvals, is expected to close by year-end. The company will be led by Peter Coleman as chairman, Paul Graves as ceo and Gilberto Antoniazzi as chief financial officer. Allkem’s current ceo will provide consultancy services to the new company to facilitate a smooth transition.

    The company will be incorporated in the Bailiwick of Jersey, with corporate headquarters in North America. The exact location and company name will be announced at a later date.
  2. forum rang 9 nine_inch_nerd 11 mei 2023 19:50
    Lithiumfusie wakkert consolidatiekoorts aan
    12:39

    Aandelen in lithiummijnbouwers zijn in trek nadat een fusie van 10,6 miljard dollar in de sector de verwachtingen deed stijgen voor meer consolidatie bij producenten van het belangrijkste metaal in batterijen voor elektrische voertuigen. Allkem en Livent kondigden aan om samen te smelten om samen de derde grootste producent van lithium te worden. Van lithium zelf wordt verwacht dat de vraag tegen 2030 meer dan vervijfvoudigd, als gevolg van de energietransitie, geeft financieel-econoom Tom Simonts aan.

    De combinatie van het in de VS gevestigde Livent en het in Australië gevestigde Allkem creëert dus een industriële krachtpatser op vier continenten, waardoor het meer gewicht en vaardigheden moet kunnen brengen die nodig zijn om de levering van het metaal aan een steeds hongeriger wordende automobielsector te stimuleren. "Om meer lithiumprojecten te ontwikkelen, moet je groot genoeg zijn om te financieren, moet je toegang hebben tot middelen en heb je technische expertise nodig," zei Livent-CEO Paul Graves in een gesprek met Reuters.

    Dealdetails

    Volgens de overeenkomst, die tegen eind 2023 moet zijn afgerond, krijgen de aandeelhouders van Allkem één aandeel in de gecombineerde entiteit voor elk van hun aandelen en zal de onderneming uiteindelijk 56% van de nieuwe onderneming bezitten.

    Aandeelhouders van Livent krijgen 2,406 aandelen in de nieuwe onderneming voor elk bestaand aandeel. Graves wordt CEO van de nieuwe onderneming, terwijl Peter Coleman van Allkem voorzitter wordt. De onderneming, die nog geen naam heeft, zal genoteerd zijn aan de NYSE en haar hoofdkantoor ergens in de Verenigde Staten hebben.

    Dealratio

    Livent werd in 2018 gevormd toen het Amerikaans chemieconcern FMC zijn lithiumdivisie afsplitste. Allkem werd in 2021 gevormd door de combinatie van Galaxy Resources en Orocobre. Allkem en Livent exploiteren lithiumpekelfaciliteiten in Argentinië die ongeveer 10 km van elkaar verwijderd zijn en in de Canadese provincie Quebec bouwen ze allebei lithiummijnen op minder dan 100 km van elkaar.

    De samenvoeging van de bedrijven zou de ontwikkeling van deze projecten moeten versnellen, aldus Graves. Allkem produceert ook hardgesteente-lithium in Australië, heeft een chemische conversiefaciliteit in Japan en is een expert op het gebied van directe lithiumwinning (DLE), wat steeds meer wordt gezien als een aantrekkelijk vooruitzicht om sneller meer van het batterijmetaal te produceren dan met traditionele mijnbouwmethoden.

    De combinatie zou 's werelds derde grootste lithiumproducent in volume creëren, wanneer alle groeiprojecten worden meegerekend, na het Amerikaanse Albemarle en het Chileense SQM (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile). De Chinese Ganfeng Lithium Group en Tianqi Lithium zijn ook belangrijke rivalen.

    Volgens analisten weerspiegelde de recente aandelenkoers van Allkem het groeipotentieel van het bedrijf niet helemaal, waardoor het mogelijk kwetsbaar is. "Door op dat moment een deal te sluiten, kan het enige bescherming bieden tegen een opportunistisch bod," klinkt het.

    Consoldiatiedrang

    Mijnbouwers hebben vandaag overvloedig veel cash dankzij de hoge grondstoffenprijzen vorig jaar en dat heeft deals in de Australische grondstoffensector gestimuleerd. Deze consolidatie van lithiumproducenten kan leiden tot vlottere bevoorradingsketens voor autofabrikanten zoals Tesla, General Motors en BMW die steeds hongeriger worden om hun bevoorrading veilig te stellen. Tesla kondigde recent trouwens aan 375 miljoen dollar te investeren in een eigen lithiumfabriek.

    De aandelen van Allkem stegen tot 18,6%, terwijl Livent 5,2% won in New York vannacht. De aankondiging leidde tot een sterke sectoropmars, die de grootste onafhankelijke lithiumproducent van Australië, Pilbara Minerals tot 8% zag stijgen. Ontwikkelaar Lake Resources, gespecialiseerd in hetzelfde type lithiumextractietechnologie in Argentinië als Livent, steeg 13%. Andere bedrijven, waaronder Liontown, Core Lithium en Sayona Mining stegen tussen 2% en 5% na een eerdere rally.

    Lithiumprijs

    Ondertussen is ook de lithiumprijs opnieuw aan de beterhand na een bijzonder lastig eerste kwartaal, onder meer na berichten dat de Chinese lithiumconsumenten weer kopen nadat de voorraden in het eerste kwartaal van 2023 zijn geslonken.

    De verkoop van plug-in elektrische auto's in China zijn sterk gestegen tot meer dan 500.000 stuks in maart en 600.000 in april 2023. Die verkoopcijfers zijn een enorme stijging ten opzichte van de Chinese verkoop in januari, die toen 8% lager dook op jaarbasis tot 343.000 stuks, omdat de subsidies voor nieuwe energievoertuigen afliepen.
  3. forum rang 10 voda 12 mei 2023 11:15
    Standard Lithium: Chasing $437 Billion
    May 11, 2023 11:30 AM ETStandard Lithium Ltd. (SLI), SLI:CAGM, LAC, LAC:CA, TSLA28 Comments
    Austin Craig profile picture
    Austin Craig
    7.3K Followers

    Summary
    We can expect battery producers and carmakers to begin equity investments into lithium companies as the top choices get picked over.
    The entire lithium ecosystem has been changed by General Motors' funding of Lithium Americas.
    We should expect SLI to see a deep-pocket partner arrive in time as well as government IRA loans.
    The Texas expansion program makes Standard Lithium all the more favorable for an entity with deep pockets to partner up with.
    KOCH gets deeper in bed with Standard Lithium.

    Voor meer, zie link:

    seekingalpha.com/article/4603057-stan...
  4. forum rang 9 nine_inch_nerd 16 mei 2023 13:35
    Canada!

    www.reuters.com/world/canadas-trudeau...


    Canada's Trudeau to visit South Korea; focus on minerals, security

    Hyonhee Shin
    2 minute read May 16, 202310:29 AM GMT+2 Last Updated 3 hours ago
    2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
    SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will arrive in South Korea on Tuesday for a summit with President Yoon Suk Yeol as the two countries seek to boost cooperation on security and critical minerals used in batteries.

    Yoon and Trudeau are scheduled to hold a summit and joint press conference on Wednesday, followed by an official dinner, said Yoon's deputy national security advisor, Kim Tae-hyo.

    Trudeau's visit, the first in nine years by a Canadian leader, marks the 60th anniversary of bilateral relations, and both sides will issue a joint statement mapping out their partnership for the next 60 years, Kim said.

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    The two U.S. allies have been exploring ways to deepen cooperation on critical minerals used in electric vehicle (EV) batteries and step up intelligence sharing.

    "The two leaders will discuss intensively on ways to build a norms-based global order including on North Korea's human rights issues, launching a high-level economic and security dialogue, strengthening cooperation on key minerals," Kim told reporters.

    Yoon and Trudeau will sign an agreement on key mineral supply chains, clean energy conversion and energy security cooperation, a South Korean government official told Reuters, requesting anonymity as the deal was not finalised.

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    Canada has been trying to scale up EV production, with ample mineral reserves, including lithium, cobalt and nickel, which are used to make batteries for those vehicles.

    The two leaders agreed to deepen cooperation on minerals supply chains when they met last September, as part of efforts to cut emissions to fight climate change.

    The two countries have also sought to step up security cooperation including intelligence sharing, while navigating an intensifying rivalry between the United States and China.

    Diplomatic tensions between Canada and China have been running high since the detention of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018 and Beijing's subsequent arrest of two Canadians on spying charges.

    Last week, China expelled a Canadian diplomat in Shanghai in a tit-for-tat move after Ottawa told a Toronto-based Chinese diplomat to leave.
  5. forum rang 9 nine_inch_nerd 18 mei 2023 13:30
    Lithium prices tipped to surge by 40pc this year
    Alex GluyasMay 17, 2023 – 12.02pm

    Citi has reiterated its bullish view on lithium into year end. New York Timesnone
    Citigroup has declared the collapse in lithium prices is likely to be over, and prices should rebound by as much as 40 per cent by the end of the year as downstream producers start to restock and policy support in China boosts sales of electric vehicles.

    Chinese lithium carbonate prices plunged around 70 per cent in just five months to a low of $US22,000 a tonne, but have since recovered to $US28,000 a tonne in the last few weeks. Citi attributed the rebound to improved market sentiment, demand from physical traders, recovering EV sales and lower inventories in the supply chain.

    Citi has reiterated its bullish view on lithium into year end. New York Timesnone
    And the broker believes lithium’s recent rally has further to run, predicting Chinese carbonate prices will hit between $US35,000 and $US40,000 a tonne by the end of this year, representing 25 per cent to 40 per cent upside.

    “We believe the battery supply chain destocking cycle in China is in its final phase and active restocking in the second half of 2023 is likely to support prices at higher levels,” analyst Shreyas Madabushi said.

    The rebound in prices has also helped fuel a rally in lithium stocks. So far this month, Pilbara Minerals is up 12.6 per cent, Core Lithium has gained 17.5 per cent, Lake Resources has soared 56 per cent and Allkem has gained 22 per cent.

    The broader sector has also been boosted by Allkem’s $15.7 billion merger with US group Livent, and takeover interest in Liontown Resources.

    Citi’s bullish call echoes that of Morgan Stanley, which last week said that lithium markets had hit a “turning point” as sentiment improved from falling inventories and softer-than-expected supply growth.

    While Citi is forecasting a nominal surplus in the physical lithium market this year, it warned that a deficit remained possible as labour shortages, permitting issues and mining technicalities constrained supply growth.

    Australian suppliers have also flagged increasing costs from inflation and labour shortages. This contributed to Australian spodumene production in the first quarter being broadly flat on the fourth quarter of last year.

    Risk of deficit

    Exports from Chile have also underwhelmed, with exports in the first four months of this year also flat. Artisanal supply from Namibia and Zimbabwe into China, which surged last year due to higher lithium prices, are down 82 per cent from the peak seen in November due to regulations and lower prices.

    “We forecast a nominal surplus for lithium this year. However, new projects remain susceptible to project commissioning delays, cost blowouts and labour shortages,” Mr Madabushi said. “Delays to volumes could feasibly flip the market back into deficit, supporting prices.”

    On the demand side, Citi said sales of electric vehicles in China were improving after a lacklustre start to the year, with sales in April showing strong growth momentum.

    There were 607,000 EVs sold in China last month, which was 116 per cent higher than a year earlier, but slightly down on March this year due to seasonal impacts. Sales for the first four months of this year have reached 2.1 million units, up 43 per cent from a year earlier.

    Citi said while cathode, cell and battery producers were still sitting on the sidelines with “hand-to-mouth buying”, there were signs of improving demand with inventory levels of lithium chemicals at some of the players now at lower levels.

    “As order books for battery producers improve, downstream demand for lithium chemicals would increase,” Mr Madabushi added.
  6. forum rang 10 voda 31 mei 2023 15:22
    Ganfeng Lithium to invest in Leo Lithium, study hydroxide JV
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    China’s largest lithium producer Ganfeng Lithium will invest AUD 106.1 million ($69.46m) in Australia-listed miner Leo Lithium to accelerate expansion in their Goulamina lithium project in Mali, Kallanish reports.

    According to the Shenzen-listed company, Ganfeng Lithium or its subsidiary will subscribe to 131 million new shares in Leo Lithium at AUD 0.81 each. This corresponds to a 9.9% share in Leo Lithium. The companies are partners in the 50-50 joint venture developing the Goulamina project.

    As part of a wider agreement, the partners plan to raise Goulamina’s Phase 2 annual spodumene concentrate production capacity to 500,000 tonnes. This will bring the total production capacity to 1m t/y.

    Ganfeng said that based on the production expansion plan, it may offtake 350,000 t/y of spodumene concentrate, with Leo Lithium’s offtake set at 150,000 t/y. The second-phase offtake agreement may be amended if the companies decide to jointly invest in a downstream conversion facility. They are currently studying the feasibility of such a project in Europe or “other places within a reasonable distance of West Africa.”

    In future, they may also add a third phase to this project, Ganfeng says, while Leo Lithium notes they might jointly fund an exploration JV to focus on opportunities in Australia.

    The strategic placement is still subject to changes based on approvals from the Chinese regulatory departments, as well as the execution progress.

    The Goulamina mining right in southern Mali is valid until 23 August 2049. The project has 1.97m t of lithium oxide resources at an average grade of 1.38%. It was originally developed by Australia-listed Mali-focused gold miner Firefinch Limited, which is now Leo Lithium’s largest shareholder with a 17.61% stake.

    “The proposed tolling agreement with Ganfeng provides Leo Lithium with a highly beneficial, low-risk solution to gain exposure to lithium hydroxide production and the attractive margins that are available from moving further downstream,” comments Leo Lithium managing director Simon Hay.

    He adds Ganfeng’s existing strong market relationships and technical reputation will enable cost savings and operational efficiencies in tolling the Goulamina Phase 2 product to lithium hydroxide. The Chinese firm already produces a large volume of high-quality battery-grade lithium chemicals, supplying Tier 1 OEMs.

    Goulamina’s first spodumene concentrate production is set for 2024. Direct shipped ore sales are planned for the fourth quarter of this year.

    Kallanish Asia
  7. forum rang 9 nine_inch_nerd 6 juni 2023 14:00
    Artikel met veel Aussies in Canada...

    Sayona heeft de voorsprong...

    Hele artikel:
    stockhead.com.au/resources/every-man-...

    Sayona gerelateerd...

    Every man and his dog is looking for lithium in Canada right now. Which ASX companies have joined the craze? - Stockhead
    Josh ChiatJune 6, 2023
    ASX lithium explorers Canada

    Back in ye olden days they told explorers, vagabonds and wayward youth to ‘Go West’ in search of a better life.

    Now the catchphrase for down on their luck ASX explorers is ‘Go North’, spreading like a virus across its moose populated plains in search of today’s go-to metal, lithium.

    But is much of it moose pasture?

    Thanks to Twitter’s Viking Trader we have a running weekly commentary on the number of ASX explorers taking the plunge in Canada’s vast outback.

    According to Viking Trader, he counted 21 greenfields projects on the ASX just one week earlier. A craze to rival the Monster Mash.

    As a lithium jurisdiction Canada’s various territories pale in comparison to WA, home to around half of the world’s lithium raw material production.

    It has just one operating mine, Sayona’s (ASX:SYA) North American Lithium operation in Quebec, and that previously went bust in the last downturn.

    But for many explorers therein lies the opportunity. While it appears the biggest spodumene deposits in WA have already been identified and soaked up by majors or former upstarts now worth billions of dollars, Canada’s immaturity makes it a land of opportunity.


    PRODUCERS/ADVANCED EXPLORERS?

    Just one company can count itself as a producer in Canada — Sayona Mining (ASX:SYA), which operates the North American Lithium operation in Quebec with 25% JV owner and offtake partner Piedmont Lithium (ASX:PLL).

    It is expected to produce xxxxxxt of spodumene this year. But Sayona recently tapped the market for $200 million in a surprise raising which could see it accelerate the development of a lithium carbonate plant at the NAL site (50% finished by the mine’s previous owners before they went bust).

    The funds could also see SYA accelerate the development of the 60% owned Moblan mine in the James Bay region, home to the vast bulk of Canada’s lithium explorers. SYA wants to be in production there by 2027 and will be egged on by the Quebecois government given it holds the other 40%.

    James Bay is also the name of Allkem’s proposed mine in the region, which combined with the nearby Whabouchi project it will pick up in its merger with Livent — 50% owner of Whabouchi operator Nemaska Lithium — is looking to produce around 55,000tpa of lithium carbonate equivalent from the site.
  8. forum rang 9 nine_inch_nerd 8 juni 2023 14:52
    535 times less clean energy mining compared to fossil fuels shows why the mining argument used by naysayers against BEVs is complete nonsense!

    A Fossil Fuel Economy Requires 535x More Mining Than a Clean Energy Economy
    Transitioning to clean energy would reduce the volume and harm of mining dramatically

    www.distilled.earth/p/a-fossil-fuel-e...
  9. forum rang 10 voda 9 juni 2023 09:35
    Livista picks Technip Energies to deliver lithium refinery in Germany
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    Livista Energy Europe has chosen France’s Technip Energies to deliver the front-end engineering design (FEED) and detailed feasibility study for its first European lithium refinery, Kallanish reports.

    The undisclosed contract covers engineering, early procurement activities, cost estimations and all permitting works required to build the chemical plant in Germany. It also includes the pre-FEED study for a second plant.

    The refinery will have the capacity to produce 40,000 tonnes/year of battery-grade lithium chemicals -- 30,000 t/y of lithium hydroxide and 10,000 t/y of lithium carbonate. This initial volume should meet demand from around 850,000 EVS, Livista estimates, noting the refinery will have the potential to double production “over time.”

    First production is planned for 2026, offering OEMs locally refined products processed from both primary and secondary lithium feedstock. By 2030, recycled raw materials should account for 50% of the first plant’s capacity, meeting EU requirements for localised supply chains.

    “We are pleased to have been selected for this ambitious lithium refining project,” comments Technip Energies chief operating officer Marco Villa. “As we continue to grow our footprint in the lithium refining space, we are eager to contribute to the decarbonisation of the European automotive industry.”

    Commenting on the award, Livista’s chief operating officer Jean-Marc Ichibia highlighted Technip’s “strong global reputation” for delivering projects on schedule and on budget globally, primarily to the energy/oil industry.

    Livista announced in February plans to build a spodumene concentrate conversion facility in Ghana in partnership with CAA Mining to feed its European refinery. The company is also said to be considering UK feedstock sourcing, backed by a £9.4 million ($11.7m) grant from the country’s Automotive Transformation Fund. The funding supported a feasibility study to investigate whether it is viable to include UK-sourced lithium products in the EV battery supply chain.

    Gabriela Farhangi UK
  10. forum rang 4 MisterBlues 15 juni 2023 09:06
    15 June 2023

    Lake Resources Provides JORC Update on Flagship Kachi Project


    Kachi Measured & Indicated Resource increases to 2.9Mt LCE, with 5.2Mt Inferred Resource

    Clean lithium developer Lake Resources NL (ASX:LKE; OTC:LLKKF) announced today an updated resource estimate for its Kachi lithium brine Project (“Kachi” or the “Project”) in Catamarca Province, Argentina. This updated resource estimate is based on continued drilling activities that have been underway throughout the year, with the Company having multiple drilling rigs on site to expedite drilling activities and related studies for the Project. The Company is currently in the process of testing production wells for pumping and reinjection aquifer testing as part of the Project Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) with further details to follow.

    Highlights

    • Measured and Indicated (M&I) resources have increased from 2.19 to 2.93 million tonnes (Mt) of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) defined, to a depth of 400m over 106 square kilometres.

    • Surrounding the M&I resources are Inferred Resources of 5.18 Mt LCE defined over 161 sq km. The resource remains open to a depth of approximately 600 to 700m below ground surface (bgs) and open laterally, where drilling is underway to better define the resource extent.

    • The footprint of the Inferred Resource has expanded substantially north and south from recent characterisation activities and transient electromagnetic geophysics suggests the lithium brine may extend significantly further indicating substantial additional exploration potential.

    • The lithium grade of the Measured Resource (0-400m) across the salar is 210 mg/L lithium, the Indicated Resource immediately southeast is 174 mg/L lithium, and the surrounding Inferred Resource (0-400m) has a concentration of 200 mg/L lithium.

    • Step out holes drilled near the limits of the previously defined northern and southern extents of the January 2023 Inferred Resource, K21D38 (K21) and K22D39 (K22), measured lithium grades of 219 mg/L and 283 mg/L, respectively, from piezometers screened from 395 to 407 m bgs.

    • Properties are 100% owned by Lake Resources.

    • Current and future drilling is targeting additional step out holes and defining the deeper resource beyond 400m bgs.
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