Lithium Americas kept Thacker Pass spending and completion targets despite tariff pressure, while Antofagasta cut copper guidance and macroeconomic signals lifted gold and palm-oil prices.
India’s state coal producer is in advanced discussions over Wealth Minerals’ Chilean assets, but no structure or valuation has been agreed and any transaction depends on a special lithium operating contract.
India’s state-backed minerals company holds exploration and exclusivity rights over five lithium-brine blocks covering 15,703 hectares in Catamarca, but drilling must still establish whether a commercially viable resource exists.
