Titanium, vanadium: Master alloy producers feeling the pinch of higher prices
Recent surges in vanadium and aluminium prices have led to cost pressures for vanadium-class master alloy producers, according to Peter Baumeister, director of the Alloys business unit for GfE Metalle und Materialien, speaking at the International Titanium Association’s conference in Seville, Spain, last week. Vanadium prices hit their highest levels… Read more
Tianqi Lithium to buy Nutrien’s 24% stake in rival lithium producer SQM
Tianqi Lithium will buy Nutrien’s 24% stake in SQM, held in series A shares, for US$4Bn, taking SQM’s share in the Chilean lithium, potash, iodine and speciality chemicals producer to 26% following the purchase of 2% from a US-based asset manager in 2016. Tianqi had an option on another 7%… Read more
Electric vehicles: Australia’s Kidman Resources will supply lithium to Tesla
Last week Tesla closed a deal with Australia’s Kidman Resources for lithium on an initial three-year term and on a “fixed-price take-or-pay basis” from the first product delivery. Kidman recently chose a site to develop a lithium processing plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, with its joint venture partner Sociedad Quimica… Read more
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