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Top Stories of 2024Lock Icon

Interest rates, the top business story of 2023, moderated in 2024, but insurance costs continued to skyrocket, sending last year’s No. 3 story to the top of this year’s annual list. read more >
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

Oil Glut by 2030? Electric Vehicles May Answer

Spare capacity — the amount that oil producers could be pumping but don’t because supplies are adequate — could rise to levels seen in the COVID pandemic, when millions of cars were sitting parked. read more >
Construction / Energy / Industry

Standard Lithium, Tetra Announce Concrete Plans For Lithium Plants

Standard Lithium announced a new partnership to accelerate the development of their lithium plant, while Tetra Technologies announced plans to build a bromine and lithium plant near Lewisville. read more >
Energy / Government & Politics / Industry

Update: Companies Withdraw Plan to Set Arkansas Lithium Royalties

The topic had been scheduled for discussion at an April 23 meeting of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission in El Dorado. read more >
Energy / Manufacturing

A History Lesson in Drilling

Robert Reynolds gives a living history of the oil and gas industry in south Arkansas, where the roots of his pioneer family reach back six generations. read more >
Standard Lithium's drill rig at the well re-entry site in Lafayette County. The drill rig has since demobilized from the site after reaching a total measured depth of 8,940 feet, and has been replaced by a workover rig to complete perforations, final testing and sampling.
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

Arkansas Lithium Is Now a Reality

The only remaining question is this: How big will the industry’s potential be? read more >
Agriculture & Poultry / Banking & Finance / Business Services

Arkansas Year in Review: Top 10 Business Stories of 2023Lock Icon

Businesses and consumers in Arkansas and the rest of the country spent 2023 in the shadow of rising interest rates. Businesses dealt with other adversity, including rising insurance rates and a deadly March tornado. Other stories this year were more hopeful. read more >
Energy / Government & Politics / Manufacturing

Exxon Mobil Dives Into South Arkansas

Commercializing lithium should be natural for the Natural State, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said last week as Exxon Mobil Corp. announced the start of major brine operations in south Arkansas. read more >
Construction / Energy / Manufacturing

$365M Lithium Plant Plans Move Ahead for El Dorado

Vancouver-based Standard Lithium predicts commercial production will start in 2026. An even bigger project could come soon afterward. read more >
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

A Gusher for an Era of EVs?Lock Icon

The lithium race, like the boom that followed drillers striking oil in the Smackover Formation a century ago, could transform Magnolia, El Dorado and the entire region. read more >
Energy

Preliminary Study Foresees $1.27B Standard Lithium Project in Arkansas

Standard Lithium announces results from its preliminary study of the feasibility of a $1.27 billion lithium production project in southwest Arkansas. read more >
Energy / Public Companies

Koch Industries Veteran David Park Joins Standard Lithium in Arkansas Projects

He'll be a senior strategic adviser to Standard, which has two pilot plants deriving lithium products from underground brine streams in El Dorado. read more >
Energy / Public Companies

A Foothold in a New Industry (Lance Turner Editor’s Note)

Another encouraging sign that a new industry could be at hand in south Arkansas. read more >
Energy / Public Companies

Koch Company Wins Contract With Standard Lithium

OPD LLC of Katy, Texas, specializes in engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of commercial facilities. read more >
Construction / Energy / Public Companies

El Dorado Lithium Project May Go West With 35-Mile Pipeline

A preliminary feasibility study is underway. read more >
Public Companies

Koch Deepens Involvement in El Dorado Lithium Plant

Standard Lithium said the deal will help it benefit from the projected high prices for lithium chemicals in the coming decade. read more >
Energy / Investments / Public Companies

$100M Koch Investment Backs Standard Lithium’s Arkansas Venture

Wednesday’s announcement could be just the beginning. Standard Lithium is exploring further collaboration with Koch Industries subsidiaries, including Koch Engineered Solutions. read more >
Manufacturing

Molex Opens Design Center in Conway

Molex of Lisle, Illinois, announced last week the opening of a new design center in Conway that will employ more than 100 engineering and technical workers. read more >