Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

Jilin Jien, which bought the Québec Lithium mine and lithium carbonate conversion plant from its creditors in 2016, is understood to have entered bankruptcy in China and had struggled to raise the funds to complete the re-commissioning.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In the first half of 2016, Vito and V-Class continued to be the strongest sales drivers. In the second quarter of 2016, Mercedes-Benz Vans achieved its best ever quarterly EBIT of €401 million (US$447 million) (previous year: €234 million, plus 71%) and its best ever quarterly RoS of 11.7% (previous year: 8.3%t, t, plus 41%).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

So far, lithium has been the hottest metal of 2016, beating out gold, with exponential demand expected over the coming years. Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

It’s important to remember that prior to the crash, lithium had enjoyed a meteoric rise with prices doubling since the beginning of 2016 and nearly quadrupling over the past decade. The company’s Salar de Olaroz project in Argentina took seven years to hit its stride but still came up short of production targets.

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