Standard Lithium
State Regulators Reject Proposed Lithium Royalty Rate
The decision was unanimous, with Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission members saying the companies failed to prove the rate was fair and equitable. The companies argued that higher royalties could threaten their billion-dollar investment plans. read more >
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Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission Keeps Albemarle in Lithium Royalties Dispute
The commission disregarded an administrative law judge’s recommendation to consider dropping Albemarle from the application. read more >
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$450M for Arkansas — Maybe (Editorial)
A proposed $450 million federal infusion could supercharge the south Arkansas lithium industry. read more >
Royalty Issue Delayed as U.S. Puts Money on Arkansas Lithium Projects
Two developments emerged late last week in the state’s formative lithium production industry, and both could shape the course of companies’ plans to pull the battery-making metal from the brine fields of south Arkansas. read more >
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Arkansas Attorney Challenges Lithium Royalty Rate in South Arkansas
Until recently, only bromine has been refined profitably from the brine running deep below the surface of the Smackover Limestone Formation. But as lithium became a more valuable mineral, companies have been racing to lead a new direct lithium extraction industry. read more >
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Royalty Pains: Arkansas Rights Owners Call Lithium Offer Too Low
Five big players in south Arkansas’ emerging lithium industry are proposing a royalty rate for mineral rights owners, but they may have to dig a little deeper. read more >
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Standard Lithium Names Longtime Koch Exec David Park as New CEO
Outgoing CEO Robert Mintak, who led the company’s move into Arkansas, will stay on as an adviser through August 2025. read more >
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 >
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Standard Lithium Announces Partnership to Accelerate Arkansas Plant Development
The deal with the Equinox, of Stavanger, Norway, is worth up to $160 million. read more >
Bringing In the Brine: South Arkansas Lithium Projects Face Engineering Challenges
Companies have invested hundreds of millions to create an Arkansas lithium industry, the infrastructure for which will be costly.
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Oil & Gas Commission to Revisit Lithium Royalties at April Meeting
Companies working to extract commercial lithium products from underground brine are looking for price clarity. read more >
Arkansas Lithium Is Now a Reality
The only remaining question is this: How big will the industry’s potential be? read more >
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Arkansas Year in Review: Top 10 Business Stories of 2023
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.
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Top Online Stories of 2023: Eatery News, a Lyon College Setback And 27 Marijuana Laws Tossed Out
Readers were hungry for restaurant news on the Arkansas Business website this year. read more >
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Standard Lithium Boasts Test Plant Results Near El Dorado
The publicly traded Canadian company said two tests show that its lithium extraction process is "ready to scale." read more >
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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 >
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New Standard Lithium Well Produces Record Lithium Concentrations
The well in east Texas is the latest of the company's projects in the Smackover geological formation. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Hints for Landowners On Lithium Royalties
Some of the people paying closest attention to the birth of a lithium industry in south Arkansas are the landowners with mineral rights leased out for their underground brine. read more >
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Standard Lithium Buys 118 Acres for $1.3B Plant
The company hopes to start construction on what it calls its South West Arkansas project sometime in 2025. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
$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 >
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