by Francisco Uranga | Dec 20, 2023
Weston Hetland’s tractor sales soared during the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, but the buoyant years are in the past— rising interest rates and falling commodity prices are cooling the agriculture machinery market. Even in 2023, Hetland, a John Deere salesman...
by Francisco Uranga | Nov 27, 2023
Livent is not known as a cutting-edge company, but it is the only one using a technology likely to define the next decade of lithium production. This technology, called direct lithium extraction or DLE, could supercharge production by unlocking brine deposits that...
by Francisco Uranga | Nov 1, 2023
Lithium producer Livent will earn less money than it expected this year as import restrictions and a lack of skilled labor have delayed its critical mine expansions. The company cut its annual revenue guidance to between $890 million and $940 million, from a previous...
by Francisco Uranga | Oct 2, 2023
Lithium companies Livent and Allkem are moving ahead with a merger that would position the combined company to be the world’s third-largest producer in the market. Livent, based in Philadelphia, and Allkem filed regulatory documents last week with the U.S. Security...
by Francisco Uranga | Sep 30, 2023
With the electric vehicle boom lithium was expected to become the world’s most desirable commodity, but for now the stocks of lithium mining companies are mired in a slump as the price falls. Shares of Albemarle, the world’s largest lithium miner, closed Friday...
