Lithium batteries are in the news constantly. But lithium has plenty of other uses. It's a drug for bipolar disorder. It used ...

Australia’s IGO warned of an additional net loss in its first-half results this year on Monday, citing a decline in value of its troubled Kwinana lithium hydroxide refinery, which is grappling ...

Credit: chemical industry/Shutterstock. Century Lithium has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Orica Specialty Mining Chemicals for sodium hydroxide supply from Angel Island.

Lithium hydroxide, the primary product of the refinery, is a key component in electric vehicle batteries. IGO's expected impairment on its lithium business comes on the heels of previous ...

IGO also owns a 49% interest in the Kwinana lithium hydroxide refinery. Lithium hydroxide is primarily used to produce cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The spodumene feedstock for ...

IGO and Tianqi Lithium have agreed to stop all work on a second lithium hydroxide plant being developed at the Kwinana refinery in Australia, IGO said on Friday. The companies have faced headwinds ...

The non-binding MOU outlines the intent of Century Lithium and Orica to formalize a multiyear offtake agreement for Orica to purchase sodium hydroxide (NaOH) from Century Lithium's wholly owned Angel ...

Tianqi Lithium, in a separate announcement on Thursday, determined in a board meeting that "continuing with the construction of Lithium Hydroxide Project Train II is not economically viable".

Lithium hydroxide, another processed form of the mineral used in electric vehicle batteries, was not suitable for a physically delivered contract because it cannot be stored for any length of time.

lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide. Putting chemical differences aside, these two types of lithium differ in how they’re produced, as well as how long they last. Lithium carbonate is ...