Sigma Lithium Resources is scheduled to begin construction of its "green" open-pit mine and lithium concentrator at the Xuxa deposit in Brazil's southeastern state of Minas Gerais in June.
The facility, which will have an initial lithium concentrate capacity of 220,000 tonnes per year, will start producing battery-grade, 6%-lithium spodumene concentrate from June 2021. Capacity will then be ramped up to 440,000 tpy in 2022, Sigma Lithium's chief strategy officer Ana Cabral-Gardner told Fastmarkets on January 27.Despite lower lithium prices and cost overruns at many new projects, Sigma Lithium is expected to reveal the...