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Message par energy_isere » 12 mai 2019, 10:24

Le projet d'extension de la plus grande mine de Lithium hard rock du monde près de démarrer à Greebushes en Australie. Projet à 360 millions de dollars.
World’s largest hard rock lithium mine to get bigger

May 11, 2019

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Greenbushes lithium mine, about 250km south of Perth, is already the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine. (Image courtesy of Talison Lithium.)

Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, secured approval this week from the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to expand the Greenbushes lithium mine in the southwest of the state.

The decision came with a series of conditions, including the protection of the threatened black cockatoos, which are unique to Australia’s south-west region.

Already the world's largest hard rock lithium operation, the planned expansion would allow Greenbushes to increase lithium concentrate output to about 1.95 million tonnes a year, as demand for the key ingredient to build batteries that power electric picks up.


The A$516-million ($361m) expansion, announced last year, involves the construction of a new lithium concentrate plant capable of producing 520,000 tonnes a year of chemical-grade lithium concentrate. It also entails a new crushing plant and the necessary infrastructure.

If it receives the nod from Western Australia's environment minister, the last one needed, construction will start this year, with the new plant expected to be commissioned in the last quarter of 2020.

Albemarle, which holds a 49% stake in Talison, is planning a lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant, outside of Bunbury, capable of producing up to 100,000 tonnes per year of lithium hydroxide monohydrate from five 20,000 tonnes per year process trains and up to 1.1-million tonnes a year of tailings.

China’s Tianqi, which has a 51% interest in Talison, is constructing a 24 000 t/y lithium hydroxide plant in Kwinana, just 40 km from Perth.

Lithium carbonate prices have been drifting lower from the highs hit in 2017, but remain around the $10,000 to $11,000 level per tonne according to Fastmarkets MB, almost double the $6,450 per tonne at the beginning of 2015.
http://www.mining.com/worlds-largest-ha ... et-bigger/

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Message par energy_isere » 19 mai 2019, 10:37

Suite de ce post du 4 oct 2018 http://www.oleocene.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 4#p2273154
Sur le Lithium de Jadar en Serbie.
Rio Tinto may start mining lithium in Serbia by 2023

May 14, 2019

Global miner Rio Tinto may be ready to start mining lithium from its project in Jadar, Serbia in four years, but no decision will be made until the end of 2020, when the company expects to have completed a study on the deposit.

The asset, near the town of Loznica, in western Serbia, gives Rio Tinto an option to supply the world’s electrification needs, chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques said Tuesday at a mining conference.

The executive noted development at the giant deposit of jadarite, a lithium-containing mineral unique to Serbia, was in a preliminary stage. Ongoing studies are part of the pre-feasibility stage for evaluation of the technical and economic viability of the project, Jacques noted.

"There are 26 steps to be able to extract the lithium," he said, adding that, while pricing was an issue, the company was becoming more comfortable with the lithium market.

Discovered in 2004, Jadar contains boron and lithium in high concentrations, placing it among largest lithium deposits in the world, according to Rio Tinto.

Since the beginning of the project, Rio Tinto has been working closely with the Serbian government and local officials to ensure the project moves forward responsibly and in a manner that benefits surrounding communities.

Both intended product streams from the project – lithium and borates – play important roles in a more energy-efficient future, the company believes. The first one is a key ingredient in the making of the batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs) and high tech devices. Borates, in turn, are used in insulation fibreglass and wind turbines.

The company has said it plans to start production in 2023, assuming that feasibility studies confirm viability and all necessary approvals are obtained.

Last year, Rio allegedly attempted to buy a $5B stake in Chile’s Chemical and Mining Society (SQM), the world's largest lithium producer. The investment would have provided the world’s No.2 mining company foothold in the booming battery metals sector, though it already holds key copper assets and the red metal is also used in EVs.
http://www.mining.com/rio-tinto-plans-s ... rbia-2023/

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Message par energy_isere » 31 mai 2019, 09:19

Suite de ce post du 15 juin 2018 http://www.oleocene.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 5#p2269915

Le projet de lithium de spodumene de Whabouchi au Canada avance bien.
Début des opérations commerciales en fin d'année.

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Lire en détail ici https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects ... m-project/

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Message par energy_isere » 02 juin 2019, 14:15

Encore un autre projet (très avancé) de Lithium de spodumene au Quebec.
121 000 tonnes de LiO2 estimé.
Début des opérations commerciales prévu à mi 2020.
Déjà un gros contrat de fourniture de concentré de Lithium à des Chinois.

Authier Lithium Project (open pit)

Authier lithium project is hard rock spodumene lithium open-cut mine located near Val d’Or, Quebec, Canada.

Sayona Mining owns the lithium project and is developing it with an estimated investment of C$89.9m (65.8$m). Sayona acquired the project from Glen Eagle Resources in July 2016.

The project is anticipated to produce an average of approximately 115,000 tons (t) of spodumene a year, through its estimated mine life of 18 years.

Definitive feasibility study of the project was completed in September 2018, while construction is scheduled to be commenced in late-2019. Commercial operations are expected to be started in mid-2020.

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Authier lithium project is anticipated to create up to 160 jobs in the construction and operational phase.

Authier lithium project geology and mineralization
Authier lithium project is located approximately 45km north-west of the city of Val d’Or, one of the prominent mining service centers in Quebec. The deposit is approximately 825m-long and has an average thickness of 25m.

The lithium mineralization at Authier is located in a spodumene-bearing pegmatite intrusion.

Authier lithium project reserves
As of September 2018, the proven and probable mineral reserves of the Authier lithium project are estimated to be 12.01 million tons (Mt) grading 1.0% lithium oxide (Li2O). The project is estimated to contain 121, 590t of Li2O.

Mining at Sayona Mining’s Authier project
Sayona Mining proposes to employ conventional open-pit mining method at the Authier lithium project. Hydraulic excavators and dump trucks will deliver the mined ore to the primary crusher or to the stockpile.

Major mining fleet of the project will comprise 60 metric ton rigid body dump trucks, two hydraulic excavators, a front-end loader, and two down-the-hole drill rigs.

Ore processing
The project also includes a pilot plant, which was successfully completed by SGS Canada in May 2018.

Run-of-mine (ROM) ore will be transported from the pit to the crushing plant, where it will undergo three-stage crushing. The crushed ore will be conveyed to a ball mill in closed-circuit with hydrocyclones and grinded to obtain a P80 size of 180µm.

Iron-bearing silicate minerals will be removed from the ground ore in a magnetic separation circuit, de-slimed, and forwarded to mica flotation unit. The resultant slurry will be sent to an attrition scrubber and hydrocyclones for second-stage de-sliming before being conveyed to spodumene flotation circuit.

The spodumene concentrate will be filtered to 6% moisture and stockpiled in a covered storage area before being shipped to the port of Montreal.

The plant is expected to produce 87,400t of 6% Li2O concentrate, on an average, suitable for sale to lithium carbonate conversion plants that supply feedstock to lithium battery manufacturers.

Off-take of lithium from Authier lithium project
Sayona Mining signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Huan Changyuan, a subsidiary of Minmetals Group, for the sale of spodumene concentrate produced at Authier, in November 2017.

Huan Changyuan is entitled to purchase up to 100,000t of spodumene concentrate a year, as part of the agreement.

Infrastructure
The lithium project is located near Val d’Or and Amos cities and can be accessed through the national highway and a nearby rural road.

Power required by the mine will be sourced from the nearby electricity grid located approximately 5km east of the mine site.
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Message par energy_isere » 07 juin 2019, 21:18

Demande en hausse et prix en baisse pour le lithium

MYRTILLE DELAMARCHE Usine Nouvelle le 07/06/2019

Le groupe minier chilien SQM prévoit une hausse de 17% de la demande de lithium en 2019, alors que l’incertitude règne sur la montée en puissance de la production.

C’est insuffisant pour compenser la perte de revenus due à la chute des cours de ce métal destiné aux batteries lithium-ion. SQM, dont 23,77 % du capital est désormais contrôlé par son concurrent chinois Tianqi malgré l’opposition de son autre actionnaire de référence, le groupe Pampa, estime que le prix moyen du lithium va encore baisser de 20% au second semestre 2019, à 11 000 ou 12 000 dollars, contre 14 600 au premier semestre.

Le Chili, doté des plus grandes réserves de lithium (52%), se dispute avec l’Australie la place de premier producteur mondial, avec chacun près de 40% du total.
https://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/d ... um.N849950

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Message par energy_isere » 09 juin 2019, 09:54

Grosse découverte de Lithium dans le Sud Ouest de la Chine.
Estimated 5 million tonnes of lithium deposits found in southwest China

June 4, 2019

An estimated 5 million tonnes of lithium deposits have been found in China's southwestern province of Yunnan, scientists said, potentially curbing the nation's reliance on imports of the material, used in electric vehicle batteries.

The Institute of Geochemistry, under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in a statement on its website on Monday that it had made the discovery. State media such as the China Daily newspaper reported the find on Wednesday.

Demand for lithium is growing rapidly as some consumers shift away from cars powered by fossil fuels.


The institute estimated that roughly 340,000 tonnes of lithium oxide were deposited in a test site of 7.2 square km, indicating the amount of lithium oxide in the entire area could exceed 5 million tonnes.

"With society's expectations of longer lasting battery power for portable devices and the increase in electric vehicles, the demand for lithium has increased sharply," the China Daily quoted Wen Hanjie, a researcher involved in the discovery, as saying.

"But we also see a high dependence on lithium imports as about 80 percent of lithium used in China between 2011 and 2015 was from overseas … To find our own lithium resources is an urgent need."

The Chinese government has previously expressed concern about its overseas dependence for materials such as lithium, which it sees as key to the development of strategic emerging industries such as rechargeable battery production.

The world's largest reserves of lithium can be found in countries including Bolivia, whose Uyani salt flats has at least 21 million tonnes of lithium.
http://www.mining.com/web/around-5mt-li ... est-china/

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Message par energy_isere » 09 juin 2019, 10:13

Suite de ce post du 28 avril 2018 http://www.oleocene.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 0#p2268710
Goulamina Lithium Project (Mali)

The Goulamina lithium project is an open-pit lithium mine located near Bamako, the capital city of Mali. Birimian, a lithium company based in Australia, is the project owner and developer.

The pre-feasibility study of the Goulamina lithium project was released in October 2017, while the environmental permit was approved in March 2019. Definitive feasibility study (DFS) of the project is anticipated to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

Birimian proposes to start the project construction in 2019, while commissioning is expected to be completed in 2020.

The spodumene concentrate production from Goulamina project is expected to be more than 5.7 million tons (Mt) during the mine’s estimated operational life of 16 years. An estimated 362,000tpa of concentrate is anticipated to be produced on an average, at a grade of 6% Li2O.

Goulamina lithium project location, geology, and mineralization
The Goulamina lithium project is spread over 29,500ha of land on the Torakoro permit in southern Mali. It is located 150km from Bamako and 50km west of Bougouni.

The deposit is situated between a series of north-north-west trending vertical spodumene-rich pegmatities, which are approximately 2.5km long-and 1.4km-wide.

Spodumene (lithium) pegmatite at Goulamina is present as well-defined, broadly parallel, and continuous dykes. It is classified into three zones namely West, Main, and Sangar.

Goulamina lithium project reserves
The ore reserves in the Goulamina lithium project are estimated to be 31.2 million tons (Mt), grading 1.56% Li2O.

Indicated mineral resources of the mine are estimated to be 43.7Mt, graded at 1.48% Li2O.

Mining and processing
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Message par energy_isere » 12 juin 2019, 20:41

Lithium: le futur contrat du LME fait des remous dans les salars

Par Claire Fages RFI 12 juin 2019

Quel prix pour le lithium ? Le marché grandissant de ce métal blanc est tout sauf transparent. Pour y remédier, la bourse des métaux de Londres vient de faire des annonces sur un futur contrat, mais il est loin de faire l'unanimité.

Il y a des remous dans les salars de lithium ! À Santiago, la capitale du Chili, pays qui abrite les plus grandes réserves de ce métal blanc, se tient depuis deux jours une conférence consacrée au lithium et à cette occasion le London Metal Exchange, la Bourse londonienne des métaux, a donné des précisions sur un futur contrat dédié au lithium. Le moins que l'on puisse dire, c'est que ces annonces du LME n'ont pas fait que des heureux.

Pour les utilisateurs et les investisseurs

Il y a pourtant une vraie demande de transparence sur les prix du lithium. Depuis qu'il est sorti d'un usage confidentiel, dans la verrerie, pour devenir le métal des véhicules du futur, il est convoité par les fabricants de batteries et les constructeurs automobiles. Tous ces utilisateurs veulent avoir une visibilité sur le coût de leur approvisionnement, pour s'arbitrer, gérer leurs risques. Difficile quand il n'y a pas de prix de marché reconnu par tous, comme il y en a pour le cuivre. La seule information publique existante, est celle, mensuelle, des douanes chinoises, mais sans distinction des qualités de lithium, ni d'indication sur la date du contrat. Et Pékin a suspendu cette publication en avril...
Difficile aussi dans ces conditions de décider les banques, les investisseurs, à s'engouffrer dans ce marché.

Hostilité des grands producteurs miniers

Pourtant le nouveau contrat de la bourse londonienne des métaux est très controversé. D'abord sur le choix qu'a fait le LME de son prestataire : Fastmarkets, anciennement Metal Bulletin, est une agence d'information sur les prix qui a un large spectre de matières premières, mais qui n'est pas spécialisée dans le lithium.
Surtout les grands producteurs miniers sont plus que réticents à abandonner l'opacité de leurs contrats à long terme, pour s'aligner sur une cotation en temps réel. D'autant que cette cotation s'est effondrée, le carbonate de lithium a perdu plus de la moitié de sa valeur en un an. Malgré les perspectives florissantes à moyen et long terme pour le lithium, la demande à court terme s'est calmée, la substitution partielle par le nickel avance. Et l'offre minière de lithium a explosé en quelques mois. Il y a même une surproduction actuellement.

Pas une commodité ?

Le numéro un mondial, Albermarle, a tout de suite annoncé la couleur à Santiago : il ne participera pas au contrat du LME, il ne fournira pas d'informations sur les prix. L'argument du géant américain ? Le lithium est un composant chimique, et pas selon lui, une commodité.
http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20190613-lit ... ous-salars

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Message par energy_isere » 15 juin 2019, 10:20

Suite de ce post du 28 janv 2019 http://www.oleocene.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 2#p2279542
RDC : le groupe chinois Huayou Cobalt aidera AVZ à développer le projet Manono

Agence Ecofin 12 juin 2019

La compagnie minière AVZ Minerals a conclu avec le chinois Huayou Cobalt un accord de partenariat stratégique pour qu’il l’aide à développer son projet de lithium et étain Manono, en RDC.

Selon les termes de l’accord, le groupe chinois assistera AVZ dans la réalisation de l’étude de faisabilité définitive du projet Manono.

Il conseillera et aidera également la société en ce qui concerne la négociation d’accords de financement et de prélèvement, le contrat EPCM, les services stratégiques, le transport rentable des produits jusqu’aux bénéficiaires finaux.

« Nous croyons que la formidable expertise minière de Huayou nous permettra d’accélérer la commercialisation du plus important projet de lithium présent sur le marché ASX et de générer une énorme valeur pour les actionnaires d’AVZ », a déclaré Nigel Ferguson, le DG de la compagnie.

Huayou Cobalt est l'un des plus grands fabricants mondiaux de produits chimiques à base de cobalt destinés à être utilisés dans les batteries. Il détient 9,49 % d’actionnariat dans AVZ Minerals.
https://www.agenceecofin.com/metaux/120 ... jet-manono

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Message par energy_isere » 16 juin 2019, 10:34

Du Lithium en Finlande
J'avais raté ça l' an dernier. Un projet assez avancé.
255 millions d'euro de Capex.
DFS opens door for Keliber to advance Finland lithium project

15th June 2018

Exploration and development firm Keliber has published the results of a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its lithium project, in Finland, confirming its financial and technical feasibility.

The DFS endows the lithium project with a net present value, using an 8% discount, of €295-million, a pretax internal rate of return of 24% and a payback period of 5.5 years.

The study establishes a capital expenditure estimate of €255-million for the mine, concentrator and chemical plant.

Keliber will use the DFS to qualify the lithium project for construction financing. The company reports that it is progressing negotiations for a combination of debt and equity funding for the project.

The DFS estimates that the project has potential to generate total life of operations revenue of €2.28-billion and operating cash flow €1.21-billion.

Based on current ore reserves, the life-of-mine is 13 years. The project is extended to 20 years by purchasing spodumene concentrates from third parties for seven years after the mine is exhausted.

"The successful completion of the DFS is a crucial milestone and will form a strong base for the company to become the first vertically integrated European lithium producer located near the fast-developing European lithium markets.

“The market for lithium products is extremely strong and demand is forecast to grow rapidly throughout the next decade. At the beginning of the 2030s, lithium consumption is estimated to be seven times higher than current consumption,” says Keliber Oy CEO Pertti Lamberg.

Keliber’s flowsheet selection for the project is a conventional spodumene concentrator, conversion of alpha to beta spodumene in a rotary kiln and a soda pressure leach process to produce lithium carbonate.

The 600 000 t/y concentrator plant will be located in Kalavesi Kaustinen and the chemical plant for lithium carbonate production will be in Kokkola Industrial Park and will produce 11 000 t/y.

The soda pressure leaching process for the lithium carbonate production enables production of battery grade (over 99.5%) lithium carbonate.

The lithium carbonate production process will deliver two by-products, analcime sand and quartz-feldspar sand, which could potentially have a commercial value.

The clean-tech soda pressure leaching process is planned and designed in close cooperation with Outotec.

“Our planned investment is one of the biggest investments in Central Ostrobothnia for decades. Our future production will directly employ about 140 people, with the multiplier effect on employment being even greater,” says chief production officer
https://m.miningweekly.com/article/dfs- ... 2018-06-15

Et en février Keliber à réussi à lever 10 millions d'euros
Keliber raises €10m in share issue

15th February 2019

Finland’s Keliber has raised more than €10-million through directed share issues to current shareholders and personnel of the company, with the Finnish Minerals Group now the company’s largest shareholder.

The share issue directed to the current shareholders of the company was oversubscribed, the lithium project developer reported on Friday and noted that Finnish Minerals Group has more than 24% of the number of shares and voting rights of Keliber.

Subsequent of the directed share issue and the incentive issue for the new permanent personnel of the company, the total number of outstanding shares in Keliber is 1 290 867, of which 160 000 are Series A shares and 1 130 867 Series B shares.

“We are very pleased with the results of the share issues. We continue our work to secure the required permits and commence detailed engineering for the construction of our lithium project. We also have strong focus in the implementation of our product and market strategy and negotiations with our potential customers,”
https://m.miningweekly.com/article/keli ... 2019-02-15

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Message par energy_isere » 16 juin 2019, 10:49

Fiche projet de ce Lithium Finlandais de la firme Kaliber sur le site mining-technology
Keliber Lithium Project, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland
https://www.mining-technology.com/proje ... robothnia/

La page Web de Kaliber sur leur projet
https://www.keliber.fi/en/

Qui donne des pdf en lien.

Voir aussi
https://www.keliber.fi/en/investors/feasibility-study/

On va voir qui de l'Europe du Nord ou de l'Europe du Sud (je fais allusion au Lithium du Portugal) va démarrer la production en premier !

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Message par energy_isere » 07 juil. 2019, 10:49

ARGOSY minerals en Argentine commence le raffinage des saumure de Lithium en carbonate de Lithium de 99.5 % de pureté.
L'objectif est d'investir assez pour aller à 2000 t par an de carbonate de Lithium.
Argosy Minerals starts lithium carbonate production at Rincon

By sbesta 05 Jul 2019

The production operations comprise the continuous processing of concentrated lithium brine, sourced from the operational evaporation ponds at the Project area, within theindustrial scale pilot plant using the Company’s proprietary and exclusive chemical process to produce 99.5% lithium carbonate product.

The company will produce and store the Li2CO3 product until ready for shipment, then arrange the transport of product parcels for sale under the Sales Agreement executed in March 2019.
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The Company continues working towards the 2,000tpa modular operation as the next step in the scale-up development of the Project. In addition to expecting regulatory approvals for this stage of work in due course following recent meetings, Company executives will be attending strategic meetings in Japan this month to further advance interest from such strategic parties for product off-take and the potential modular scale and/or full commercial project development with associated capex funding/investment.

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/a ... at-rincon/

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Message par energy_isere » 07 juil. 2019, 10:56

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Au sujet du gisement de Lithium Bore au Nevada.
Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project

The Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project is a greenfield open-pit project being developed on Federal lands in southern Nevada, US.

ioneer (formerly Global Geoscience), the developer, holds mineral tenements (unpatented mining claims) of the project through its wholly-owned subsidiary Paradigm Minerals USA (PMU).

The project is expected to produce 20,200 tons (t) of lithium carbonate in addition to 173,000t of boric acid a year during its 30-year operational life. The project construction is anticipated to create approximately 500 jobs.

Pre-feasibility study of the project was completed in October 2018, while the definitive feasibility study (DFS) is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2019

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Description complète du projet et photos https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projec ... n-project/

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Message par energy_isere » 07 juil. 2019, 14:41

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Eramet veut lancer le projet de Lithium Centenario à 525 millions d'euro en Argentine. Décision finale d'investissement en fin d'année.

France’s Eramet gives go-ahead to lithium project in Argentina

Reuters | June 24, 2019

Eramet has approved the development of a lithium mine in Argentina as the French group pursues a shift towards minerals used to power electric vehicles to meet burgeoning demand.

The miner expects to invest 525 million euros ($597 million) in the Centenario deposit with the aim of producing 24,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent per year in a first phase that could start at the end of 2021, it said on Monday.

The estimates were in line with previous guidance given by the company earlier this year.

A final investment decision would be made at the earliest in the fourth quarter of this year once financing has been obtained, it said in a statement.

Eramet shares were up 2% by 0834 GMT, one of the top performers on Paris’ SBF-120 equity index.

The Centenario lithium deposit contains drainable resources of nearly 10 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent and the expected production costs for Eramet would be among the most competitive in the sector, added Eramet.

The investment comes as European authorities and companies are trying to develop large-scale production of electric vehicle batteries.

Eramet has said it has been approached by potential partners but has not committed to any of the battery alliances formed by European firms.
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Re: Le lithium, une flambée en perspective?

Message par energy_isere » 13 juil. 2019, 12:08

Suite de ce post du 9 juin 2019 http://www.oleocene.org/phpBB3/viewtopi ... 4#p2284384
Mali Lithium engage Lycopodium pour réaliser l’étude de faisabilité du projet Goulamina

Agence Ecofin 11 juillet 2019

La compagnie minière Mali Lithium, ex-Birimian, a engagé Lycopodium Minerals pour réaliser l’étude de faisabilité définitive (DFS) de son projet de lithium Goulamina, au Mali.

Forte de plus de 25 ans d’expérience dans le développement de projets en Afrique, Lycopodium a construit et mis en service plusieurs mines sur le continent.

« Nous sommes heureux d’avoir engagé une société du calibre de Lycopodium, qui a fait ses preuves en réussissant des missions ressemblant à la DFS de Goulamina dans les délais et de manière efficace », DG de Mali Lithium.

La compagnie dispose déjà d’une licence environnementale pour le projet Goulamina, condition nécessaire à l’octroi d’un permis d’exploitation minière. Selon l’étude de préfaisabilité actualisée, la mine pourrait produire annuellement 362 000 tonnes de concentré de Li2O sur une durée de vie de 16 ans.
https://www.agenceecofin.com/metaux/110 ... -goulamina

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