Orocobre’s Investor Relations Manager Interviewed by Metals News
Dr. Allen Alper, Editor-in-Chief of Metals News, interviews Orocobre’s Investor Relations Manager Andrew Barber about recent company financial results, plans for FY19, how the global Lithium market is developing and Orocobre’s current Board, Management Team and Capital Structure.
Advantage Lithium CEO Discusses $12M Financing & Cauchari Project PEA
Advantage Lithium (AAL) CEO David Sidoo has spoken with Resource Stock Digest about their Fully-Subscribed $12 Million Financing, 4,000 Meter Drill Program & Upcoming PEA at the Cauchari Project. AAL recently released an Updated Cauchari Resource Estimate which detailed a +6-fold increase of the inferred resource to 3.0 Mt Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE) at 450... View Article
Cauchari JV Technical Report Completed
Orocobre Limited is pleased to advise the NI43-101 Technical Report on the resource upgrade of the Cauchari JV Lithium Project in Jujuy, Argentina has been completed. The report, prepared by FloSolutions S.A.C., has increased the inferred resource to a volume of approximately 1,200 million cubic metres of brine at average grades of 450 mg/l lithium... View Article
BORON
MARKET
The borates market typically grows at levels equal to, or above GDP growth in key demand markets.
Increased demand for agricultural applications continues with Africa and India showing improved adoption of using borates as a micro-nutrient to increase crop productivity. Heightened demand for refined borates products and boric acid reflect increased consumption in both agriculture and industrial markets.
Continued market growth at approximately GDP rates or above is expected, driven by innovation in the boro-silicate glass industry and fracking in the Americas, as well as increasing and more widespread consumption of borates in agricultural applications.
REFINED BORATES MARKET
- Overall 4.5% CAGR from 2013 to 2018
- Growth driven by Agriculture (6%), Borosilicate Glass (4%)
- As the market continues to improve, Insulation Fibre Glass in the North American housing market will also stimulate growth.
MINERAL BORATES MARKET
- Overall 4% CAGR from 2013 to 2018
- Growth driven by Agriculture (6%), Insulation Fiber Glass (4%) and Frits and Ceramics (4%)
- Minerals used in Asia for direct use and conversion to refined products and in North / South America directly in end-uses.