• Sharemarket

The Aussie stocks ready to benefit from electric vehicles

Although many investors might be priced out of investing in stocks such as Tesla, there are other ways to get a piece of the EV action.

• Apr 14, 2021
• William McInnes

• Australia's China challenge

Europe looks to cut dependence on Chinese commodities

Brussels wants to build European capacity - opening a door to Australian miners - for supplies of rare earths, lithium batteries and solar-cell components.

• Sep 4, 2020
• Hans van Leeuwen

• Renewables

Aussie-developed green energy tech bound for Europe

With the first wave of lithium-ion batteries approaching end-of-life, Neometals is set to build a demonstration recycling plant in partnership with Germany's SMS Group.

• Aug 3, 2020
• Brad Thompson

Lithium prices continue to slide

More evidence of softening lithium prices has emerged with one Australian miner revealing it will be paid 13 per cent less for its product in the final three months of 2018.

• Updated Nov 15, 2018
• Peter Ker

Albemarle expedites Australian projects over Chile

The world's biggest lithium producers are pivoting towards the type of lithium that is best made in Australia, in a major boost for the local sector.

• Updated Nov 9, 2018
• Peter Ker

SQM tips lithium prices to fall on surging Australian exports

Surging lithium exports from Australia will drive prices for the boom commodity lower over the next six months, SQM says.

• Updated Aug 27, 2018
• Peter Ker

Lithium past its peak as price slides

Prices for lithium sold into China have fallen for a second consecutive quarter adding fuel to predictions that prices would peak in early 2018.

• Updated Jul 17, 2018
• Peter Ker

Lithium superpower: How Australia's penny-dreadfuls stole a march on the world

A bunch of penny-dreadfuls have stolen a march on the lithium world. It required some quick thinking, a bit of luck and was no thanks to the banks.

• Updated Jun 15, 2018
• Peter Ker

Lithium giants Albemarle and Tianqi in ATO probe

The biggest winners from Australia's lithium boom are under investigation by the Tax Office over the price at which they bought Australian lithium products from a local subsidiary.

• Updated Mar 19, 2018
• Peter Ker

Expansion talk wipes billions off lithium miners

More than a billion dollars was wiped off the value of Australia's lithium stocks this week on talk of big supply expansions

• Updated Jan 19, 2018
• Peter Ker

Lithium juniors inflating asset sizes: Albemarle

Lithium giant Albemarle says takeover targets are falsely inflating the size of their resources and making acquisitions harder to complete.

• Updated Nov 20, 2017
• Peter Ker

Why West Australian lithium miners are exploring downstream processing

West Australian lithium miners are exploring plans for local conversion plants to create battery-grade lithium chemicals; it is good for the state but will it deliver value for shareholders?

• Updated Jul 31, 2017
• Tess Ingram

• Electricity

Lithium Australia rides 'biggest change in energy since Industrial Revolution'

Australian developers of lithium and cobalt deposits are enjoying a "second commodity boom" thanks to the battery storage boom.

• Updated Jul 7, 2017
• Ben Potter

Albemarle flags M&A, Australian lithium expansion

Growth in demand for lithium-ion batteries has the world's biggest lithium producer expanding its Australian mine and preparing to acquire more lithium assets.

• Updated Mar 20, 2017
• Peter Ker

Reality is set to bite for the swathe of ASX junior lithium miners

One of Australia's biggest mining and energy investors is looking beyond Australia for exposure to the lithium ion battery boom.

• Updated Sep 12, 2016
• Peter Ker