Industrial Minerals


Nevada lithium water issue

27 January 2010

by Simon Moores

LSM10: Clayton Valley projects under threat as Chemetall reveals it owns water rights

Keywords: lithium, lithium carbonate, Chemtall, Clayton Valley, Silver Peak

The potential for new lithium brine projects in Nevada’s Clayton Valley has been thrown into doubt after Chemetall GmbH revealed to IM it owns all the water rights for the area.

 

The German lithium chemicals producer,...