May 28, 2018
For Brigid Niall and her daughter Queenie it was quite a road trip. Not because of the route they took on their weekend drive – around their inner-Melbourne suburb, through Melbourne’s CBD and up to East Brunswick in the inner-north – but for the reaction they received from other motorists...
May 25, 2018
A new entrant to the UK electric vehicle charging market has announced plans for a £1.6bn investment programme to build rapid charging facilities across the country. Pivot Power is hoping to build a world-first 2GW network of grid-scale batteries and rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the UK.
May 18, 2018
Enjoy this immersive 360º site tour of Orocobre’s Olaroz Lithium Facility (located in Jujuy Province, Argentina). The operations are situated at an altitude of 4,000 metres above sea level and produce lithium carbonate from the Salar de Olaroz brine resource, which contains high concentrations of lithium and potash brine. The...
May 5, 2018
Following on from the recent Macquarie Group Conference Presentations (click to download Orocobre’s full Macquarie Conference PDF Presentation), Orocobre Limited (ORE:ASX ORL:TSX) has compiled further in-depth analysis of the Lithium Supply Market (specifically the Chinese Lithium Conversion Market). Below Orocobre Commercial Executive Tara Berries discusses what this research has illustrated.
April 27, 2018
Chinese giant, Great Wall Motors, has introduced a fourth brand to its portfolio with the launch of ORA, its new brand for electric vehicles. Standing for Open Reliable Alternative, ORA is being introduced initially in the Chinese market, with the first of its battery electric vehicles set to hit the...
April 20, 2018
Resource Global Network (RGN) magazine has spoken with Orocobre Limited MD / CEO Richard Seville on expansion plans, the costs of production and the importance of Orocobre’s ongoing joint ventures.
April 20, 2018
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has effectively doubled its forecast uptake for electric vehicles in Australia, suggesting that within two decades they could account of more than half of Australia’s car fleet. The changes are reflected across all three scenarios – weak, neutral and strong – the most remarkable...
April 20, 2018
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announces today its plans toward the popularisation of electrified vehicles (EVs) for the decade 2020-2030. Toyota’s electrified vehicle strategy centres on a significant acceleration in the development and launch plans of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel...
April 19, 2018
The global lithium industry will need $10 billion – $12 billion investment over the next decade to meet growing demand for the metal on the back of the electric vehicle boom, Chilean lithium miner SQM says. Demand is set to grow by 600,000 – 800,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent...
April 18, 2018
Orocobre Limited is pleased to provide a summary of 2018 updates from the Cauchari JV Drilling Project, including (but not limited to) recent results received from the brine sampling in CAU17, which averaged 571 mg/l Li and 4,488 mg/l K in three samples taken in the lower part of the...
