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Vancouver-based Rock Tech signs lithium supply deal with Mercedes-Benz
FILE PHOTO: An EV charging station is seen near Mercedes EV car EQS450+ at the Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
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U.S. steps away from flagship lithium project in California with Berkshire
FILE PHOTO: Agricultural farm land is shown near the Salton Sea and the town of Calipatria in California May 31, 2015. California is enduring its worst drought on record. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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How a Quebec lithium mine may help make electric cars affordable
-- EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 5:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 2022. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS -- An open pit at a lithium mine outside La Corne, Quebec, Aug. 30, 2022. The mine, operated by Sayona Mining, an Australian company, illustrates how difficult it is to get lithium out of the ground and break ChinaÕs dominance in processing the metal for batteries. (Brendan George Ko/The New York Times)
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Canadian-based International Battery Metals claims to have better way of extracting lithium
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, CHILE - AUGUST 27: A flamingo feeds in a brine pool in the National Flamingo Reserve on August 27, 2022 near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. According to conservationists, flamingo populations have declined as much as 20 percent in areas near Lithium mining. Mining companies say that underwater brine extraction for lithium extraction has had minimal effect on the wildlife population. The reserve is home to all three known species of South American flamingos, who feed on brine shrimp, algae and plankton which thrive in the salty water there. Their diet gives flamingos their pink hue, from pigments that metabolize in their feathers, facial skin and elsewhere. Flamingos have a special gland which allows them to drink salt water, and they have the longest proportional neck of any bird species, allowing them to dig deeper into brine pools for food and more easily spot predators. The Chilean flamingo is considered near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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China has encroached on Canada’s critical minerals industry, with almost no obstruction from Ottawa
Aerail photo of Tanco Mine Bernic Lake taken on January 2021.
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Toyota-Panasonic battery to buy lithium from ioneer’s Nevada mine
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Imperial Oil joins E3 on pilot project to extract lithium in Alberta
FILE PHOTO: The Imperial Strathcona Refinery which produces petrochemicals is seen near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 7, 2021. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
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Goldman sparks bear-bull battle in the lithium market
Evaporation pools for the extraction of lithium are seen at the Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat at the centre of a global resource race for the battery metal lithium, outside of Uyuni, Bolivia March 26.
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Canada set to ramp up protectionism against China in critical minerals amid domination by Asian superpower in key metals for clean energy transition
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
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How to use short sellers to dodge torpedo stocks and hedge portfolios
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Tuesday’s breakouts: This electric vehicle play is trading near support at its 200-day moving average
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Elon Musk’s tweets fuel mining industry’s hopes of a buyout by Tesla
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks at an event in Hawthorne, California April 30, 2015.
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Prices of EVs jump on battery and materials shortages but experts say investors will be rewarded in long run
CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing "Cyber Rodeo" grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. - Tesla welcomed throngs of electric car lovers to Texas on April 7 for a huge party inaugurating a "gigafactory" the size of 100 professional soccer fields. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canadian miners cheer Ottawa’s critical minerals budget plan
FILE PHOTO: Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland gets standing ovation, as she delivers the 2022-23 budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
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Lithium Americas CEO says more private-sector lithium funding needed despite Biden’s best efforts to stimulate industry
FILE - A dried up portion of the Salton Sea stretches out with a geothermal power plant in the distance in Niland, Calif., Thursday, July 15, 2021. Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium from geothermal wastewater around the rapidly shrinking body of water. The ultralight metal is critical to rechargeable batteries. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Rivian shares skid as supply chain snarls dent production forecast
A Rivian R1T pickup, the Amazon-backed electric vehicle (EV) maker, is parked outside the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., November 10, 2021.
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Lithium supply crunch Part II - this time it’s for real
Aerial view of brine pools at SQM lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, Jan. 10, 2013.
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Short seller alleges Vancouver’s Standard Lithium technology does not work
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Little-known metals that are vital for renewable power. Plus, markets rethink the January pullback and why the BlackBerry blues will continue
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 17, 2021, GMC Hummer EVs on an assembly line at he General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan. - General Motors saw lower fourth-quarter profits as the semiconductor crunch hit vehicle sales, but the company still scored record annual earnings, according to results released February 1, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Industry Minister mum on when he became aware of Chinese firm’s plans to acquire Neo Lithium
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld