Bolivia pitches Wall Street on bonds linked to lithium

Kutch Copper, the world's biggest single-location plant of its type, expects to start operations in the next few weeks.

US Treasury Secretary will see government officials including Finance Minister Mario Marcel and central bank President Rosanna Costa.

The miner has secured three 15-year contracts that will guarantee 1.8 terawatt hours per year.

SQM, which is closely watched because it’s more exposed to spot prices than peers, sees stable prices in the short term and as is more positive after that.

The company said it expected lithium sales volumes to increase 5%-10% this year.

Chile’s government expects to lay out by March the broad terms of lithium contracts to be offered under a new public-private partnership model.

Brazil's government was reported by local media as trying to interfere in Vale's succession.

Its production growth is higher than that in the October-December quarter.

Vale produced 66,800 metric tons of copper in 2023 in Sossego.