Industrial Minerals


IM Global Lithium Roundup: 15-22 July

22 July 2011

by Siobhan Lismore

Reed Resources ups Mt Marion estimate, Sony Corp. to enter Li-on battery market

Keywords: lithium, Li-on, Val d'Or, Glen Eagle Resources, Sony Corp, Canada Lithium Corp, Reed Resources

Australia’s Reed Resources said on Friday that it has upped its minerals resource estimate on its Mount Marion project in Western Australia by 38% to 14.9m. tonnes of lithium oxide (Li2O).

The resource was initially estimated to contain 146,000 tonnes of Li2O. The project is planned to initially commence operations with a capacity of 200,000 tpa of 6% Li2O chemical grade spodumene concentrate,...