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If someone invest $10,000 into Western Lithium at $0.50 of share. So would be 20000 shares $20,000 if the stock reaches $1 $100,000 in the stock reaches $5 is that took to the year 2022 that would be one heck of a return. The stock goes to zero and lose $10,000. I have bought a car for more than $10,000 and watch that go from good to 0. So I want to stick with this one and see what kind of car I have a 2022.
augmented reality stock growing. This market is going nuts.
It will be interesting when the Tesla battery manufacturing company is producing. And the future Faraday car company is also producing. Along with LG producing batteries for the Chevy Volt right over in Michigan. It will be really good for the economy to have North America leading in clean energy batteries. A quiet future no more highway noise. Driverless vehicles driverless shipping. Home storage backup stronger grid. Reduction in large oil emissions. All we have to do is remember the horse and buggy in New York City before the automobile. Dead horses disease manure. Now our children are a filter for the pollutant in our air today. This younger generation recognizes the need to protect our planet. Ok maybe I've got a little too far. I am a greedy capitalist at heart. And we all know the weak don't survive. Only if someone is providing them a handout.
Demand for lithium is just taking of there is going to be a point were a single lithium play starts to smoke the rest of the players on the market. In order to lower the price of lithium bringing down the price.A pure lithium play should be very careful not under cut its ability for market domination.When western lithium pull out of the pack who will be on board. its like a horse track the big winners place there bets before the race starts.
LG Chem has a cell manufacturing plant in Holland, Mich. that has been the source of considerable controversy over the past several years as the Korean company took $142 million in stimulus grants to help fund construction but then delayed actual production. Since launching production in late 2013, the factory has ramped up to shipping 130,000 cells a week with most going to General Motors' GM +1.94% for use in the Chevrolet Volt, Spark EV, Cadillac ELR and the upcoming CT6 plug-in hybrid.
LG Chem is also supplying the Chevrolet Bolt EV in addition to the Pacifica. However, unlike the Bolt packs which will be imported from LG’s factories in South Korea, the Holland plant will manufacture the cells and the pack system for the Pacifica. That means LG will be adding some new production capacity and jobs in Holland to support the production of pack assemblies.
I don't work for Western lithium or POSCO I have only the information that is disseminated over the Internet. It is difficult to gauge an extremely spective anything in the future. I can only say that I have confidence there is to extremely valuable sources of lithium that Western Lithium currently has control over. Who buys these resources or funds these projects rest in the hands of Western Lithium management. I am betting on their location and their management ability.
MY Thoughts on POSCO and Western Lithium
POSCO is looking for more more resources they understand the future paradigm shift taking place in the global world in Electric cars storage and clean energy.POSCO is Large company with smart businessmen there going to secure multiple options with minimum risk.
The HOA, which is non-binding and non-exclusive, defined the basic conditions that would apply to a
joint venture to develop a portion of the Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine deposit. The Joint Venture would expect to
commence production in early 2017 and ramp up to 20,000 tons by late 2017 or early 2018. Mutual due diligence has
commenced, and the Company and POSCO remain in discussions aimed at completion of a commercial agreement.
"The company has mobilized more resources to secure lithium, nickel and other key materials for next-generation, high-tech industries, as well as to enhance its clean energy business," the spokeswoman said
Western Lithium might make a deal with POSCO its not needed to become a world dominant lithium suppler it could be helpful but its not the only option for western lithium and there is not any real skin in the game other maybe some technology and funding witch i am not sure has even happened.
Nevada is still in play. and might even be the epicenter of the lithium BOOM.
Electric car war sends lithium prices sky high
That’s why Goldman Sachs calls lithium the “new gasoline”. It’s also why The Economist calls it “the world’s hottest commodity”, and talks about a “global scramble to secure supplies of lithium by the world’s largest battery producers, and by end-users such as carmakers.”
In fact, as the Economist notes, the price of 99%-pure lithium carbonate imported to China more than doubled in the two months to the end of December—putting it at a whopping $13,000 per ton.
But what you might not know is that this playing field is fast becoming a battlefield that has huge names such as Apple, Google and start-up Faraday Future throwing down for electric car market share and even reportedly gaming to see who can steal the best engineers.
I would still give the advice to anyone do your research. risk only what you can afford to ,always a back up plan. Life is short and nothing matters when your dead you can,t watch stocks or dream of riches.Wake up every day with your tired sore old bones and say to the guy in the mirror
your still here lol.
wlcdf Western Lithium is a good buy in price I have done lots of research and if you can buy in at 21 to 30 cents range you will stand to make 100% gains by 2017 I am just sharing my incite.check your own DD lots of research has been posted on WLCDF board.
also for a quick 10% look at these stock nsph COHR AND risky but might make money DNR
Lomiko LOI with Smart Home Opens Door to Revenue
https://www.equities.com/news/lomiko-loi-with-smart-home-opens-door-to-revenue
Moshe Hogeg ALSO stock
THE RISE OF FINTECH IN ISRAEL
http://dataconomy.com/the-rise-of-fintech-in-israel
And my picks 10% gain today is NSPH and if your crazy ASTI NETE
Moshe Hogeg ALSO stock
THE RISE OF FINTECH IN ISRAEL
http://dataconomy.com/the-rise-of-fintech-in-israel
Moshe Hogeg ALSO stock
THE RISE OF FINTECH IN ISRAEL
http://dataconomy.com/the-rise-of-fintech-in-israel/
Electric car war sends lithium prices sky high[/b
This is about HMGLF stock wlcdf is in way better shape to take advantage
of the lithium demands of Nevada Western Lithium Has Permits Research TESTED BATTERY GRADE Lithium And I am saying this here First IF Western Lithium wants to be a PURE POWER HOUSE LITHIUM PLAY IT WILL NOT MAKE DEALS THAT UNDER CUT ITS ABILITY TO WIN IN THIS MARKET. WESTERN LITHIUM MIGHT JUST TAKE THIS ON ALONE YES ALONE.
With lithium prices skyrocketing beyond wildest expectations, talk heating up about acquisitions and mergers in this space and a fast-brewing war among electric car rivals, it’s no wonder everyone’s bullish on this golden commodity that promises to become the ‘’new gasoline”.
Moreover, land grabs, rising price predictions, and expectations of a major demand spike are leaping out of the shadows of a pending energy revolution and a new technology-driven resource era.
For once, we have agreement across the board on a commodity: Demand for lithium will continue to rise throughout the year–and beyond–spurred by the rise of battery mega/gigafactories and a burgeoning energy storage business that will change the way we live.
That’s why Goldman Sachs calls lithium the “new gasoline”. It’s also why The Economist calls it “the world’s hottest commodity”, and talks about a “global scramble to secure supplies of lithium by the world’s largest battery producers, and by end-users such as carmakers.”
In fact, as the Economist notes, the price of 99%-pure lithium carbonate imported to China more than doubled in the two months to the end of December—putting it at a whopping $13,000 per ton.
But what you might not know is that this playing field is fast becoming a battlefield that has huge names such as Apple, Google and start-up Faraday Future throwing down for electric car market share and even reportedly gaming to see who can steal the best engineers.
Apple has now come out of the closet with plans for its own electric car by 2019, putting it on a direct collision course with Tesla. And Google, too, is pushing fast into this arena with its self-driving car project through its Alphabet holding company.
Then we have the Faraday Future start-up—backed by Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting–which has charged onto this scene with plans for a new $1-billion factory in Las Vegas, and is hoping to produce its first car next year already.
Ensuring the best engineers for all these rival projects opens up a second front line in the war. They’ve all been at each other’s recruitment throats for months, stealing each other’s prized staff.
And when the wave of megafactories starts pumping out batteries—with the first slated to come online as soon as next year–we could need up to 100,000 tons of new lithium carbonate by 2021. It’s an amount of lithium we just don’t have right now.
The war is definitely on, and lithium prices are the immediate and long-term beneficiary. It all depends on batteries, so it all depends on lithium.
The Lithium Oligopoly Ends Here, In Nevada
This is where the lithium oligopoly ends. It’s where new entrants to the lithium mining game step in to forge a very lucrative future.
Right now, lithium isn’t even traded as a commodity; rather, it is managed through an oligopoly of three or four major global suppliers who have managed supply and demand for decades. That’s why everything is priced on a contract basis.
This year could see that change, which makes it a prime time to get in on lithium.
“The few major suppliers who have so far been responsible for all lithium supply and demand are not going to be able to meet new demand. This is why 2016 will be a very interesting year for anyone with the foresight to see the end of this oligopoly and the potential decoupling of lithium from other commodities,” Dr. Andy Robinson, COO of Pure Energy Minerals (OTMKTS:HMGLF), told Oilprice.com.
Producers are now working quickly to stake their claims and position themselves strategically to become key suppliers.
So far, so good. Pure Energy, for one, is the only player in Nevada that has managed a conditional agreement with a company building the world’s largest battery factory, which is located only four hours from Pure Energy’s proposed mine.
There has been other movement in this space as well–broader, global movement that gives us even more reason to be bullish on lithium.
The fourth quarter of 2015 and the beginning of this year have seen a lot of talk about Australia’s mining giant Rio Tinto considering entering the hot lithium space.
A Major Long-Term Game
This is an energy revolution that is still in its early days, but it’s such a hot commodity right now that chances to get in on the long-term game are narrowing by the day. And Nevada—ground zero in this revolution–is already raking in the benefits because it is the only U.S. state that both produces lithium and holds vast new resource potential.
In 2013 alone, Nevada doubled lithium production capacity, according to the USGS–and that is just the tip of the iceberg given all of the new exploration going on and the fast and furious land-grabbing.
The next wave of battery factories are expected to increase global battery capacity by some 150% by 2020. Within this prediction, electric vehicles will have a projected 20-30% compounded annual growth rate through 2025, so the demand for lithium appears endless.
Some say the lithium market is already at a supply deficit, and the rising prices make new projects even more attractive.
The lithium oligopoly is already a dinosaur, and new lithium projects on highly prospective land forwarded by companies with lower market caps and strong management are what investors will be looking for.
The brine is the place to be, and right now Pure Energy has the only brine resource in North America. It is also directly adjacent to the only producing lithium mine in North America, Albermarle Silver Peak Mine (NYSE:ALB). Lithium sourced from brine, or salty water, is the most cost-effective out there because it is easier and cheaper to extract.
There are billions of reasons to be bullish on lithium, and bullish on Nevada. Goldman Sachs gets it. Not only will lithium feed massive portable energy storage applications, but it will be a “key enabler of the electric car revolution and replace gasoline as the primary source of transportation fuel.”
This commodity that isn’t yet a commodity in trading terms is about to break free from the oligopoly. Get there first.
THE RISE OF FINTECH IN ISRAEL
Talking about FinTech can be a bit tricky. Even when we think outside of the box, leaving behind California, London and Stockholm, many will still forget one of the biggest FinTech contributors today: Israel. Despite having four Israelis listed among HotTopic’s recent “100 Most Influential FinTech Leaders,” and a large pool of successful start-ups in Tel Aviv, Israel is very often forgotten. Perhaps this is because it’s not as trendy, or it is quite simply farther away. Their news and information sources are not as accessible on this side of the pond.
One possible reason is simply the type of technology coming out of Israel. There might be thousands of great start-ups, but many of them aren’t the cool, trendy ones being splashed across a friendly “Top 10” list. Payoneer may have grossed some $500 million in its early years, but it is a payment solution for large companies, not little guys. Another possibility is that these companies morph into “international” companies, rather than Israeli companies.
When these companies relocate to far west locations, their Israeli identity is often left behind or merged to create something new. Famous names like Fundbox, or the mega-hit BillGuard have Israeli roots—though you wouldn’t guess that when reading about them. Whether it’s “based in San Fransisco,” or “headquarters located in New York,” the origin of such companies are often ignored as they are absorbed into the North American and European markets. Of course, that doesn’t keep the industry in Israel from booming.
NUMBERS DON’T LIE
How is Israel FinTech growing so quickly? Some suggest it’s simply the environment of innovation. When successful innovators found or fund other innovations, the results are rapid development and, more importantly, continued success. It seems outside companies are also seeing the build in FinTech innovation coming out of Israel, the ultra famous TechStars Accelerator announced it would open a FinTech-specific branch in Tel Aviv. MassChallenge, the massive accelerator, also announced its second foreign location: Jerusalem. Stepping outside of the US and the UK, MassChallenge will be setting up in Israel in 2016. Why Jerusalem? As described by Israeli innovation website NoCamels, MassChallenge perceived that Tel Aviv was already a powerhouse of opportunity; whereas Jerusalem has the innovators, but not the means and resources. With great universities and untapped venture capital, Jerusalem may be the next FinTech boom.
If you need real proof that Tel Aviv is booming, the latest IVC-KPMG Survey revealed Israeli start-ups raised $1.1 billion just this quarter. Not to mention, they have raised $3.2 billion this year, compared to to $2.2 billion at this time last year. NoCamels also noted that not only are many of these start-ups FinTech-specific, but the occurrence of large funding deals (over $20 million) are on the rise.
THE PERFECT CLIMATE FOR INNOVATION
With plenty of big cities, thinkers and innovators around the world, what is that makes Tel Aviv, and Israel in general, so powerful on the tech scene? One major factor must be the general personality and climate of the country. Moshe Hogeg, managing partner and chairman of Israeli VC Fund, Singulariteam is quoted as describing Israeli innovation as “a question of survival.”
“We must continue to innovate. Israel is surrounded by enemies and we don’t have natural resources. This means that our number one commodity is the brain. Israelis have also understood that success is not served on a silver platter: you will only win if you are better.”
The role of immigrants in Israel may also play a key role. For example, some of the more memorable immigrants include Soviet Jews moving in the late 1980’s. Many of these folks would have been at the top of scientific and engineering fields. Bringing their knowledge to Israel may be a very special ingredient in the country’s tech success.
In a climate where self-reliance is hailed as a vital trait, and strict observance of rules always left on the back burner, innovation and creativity becomes natural. It also seems that the diversity within Israeli society leaves many doors open, and also means that judgements are based on veracity rather than nepotism. A system that rewards merit and real ingenuity doesn’t only lead to good inventions, but also to a healthier and more productive environment. It creates the environment where successful innovators turn around and help other innovators is vital to growing the FinTech start-up scene exponentially.
THE SPECIAL CASE OF FINTECH
The fact that Israel has one of the highest percentages of scientists and engineers per capita does not necessarily mean that Israel will become a FinTech hub. However, the Israeli financial environment has some very specific attributes that make it ideal for start-ups and innovators. With a unique combination of high smart phone penetration—even higher than the U.S.—and a relatively small size, Israel has the very special chance to reach people, to test markets, and engage more personally with customers. Another strange aspect is the often referenced, big-data-heavy army intelligence units, which almost on accident produces brilliant start-up founders (including BillGuard’s Raphael Ouzan). For many, Israel’s Intelligence Unit 8200 is almost synonymous with Israeli start-up culture.
The financial regulations of Israel also offers a unique backdrop for creating and testing. One shining example of Israel’s willingness and ability to adapt new technologies is the rise of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Even Bitcoin says Tel Aviv is one of the leading cities for Bitcoin. The size of the country, the flexibility of the financial system and the mental openness to new tech all make Israel a tech hub ready for FinTech.
The microcosm of Tel Aviv allows innovators to create, test and grow their companies before branching out across the world. The addition of a TechStars FinTech department in Israel is both a great opportunity and a sign. It’s impossible to ignore the fact Tel Aviv is near the top of the FinTech field. FundBox, Payoneer, eToro, Zooz—so many innovative and successful start-ups are coming out of Israel. That’s why Carmel Ventures (also Israeli) created this amazing infographic.
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featured image credit: Yoni Lerner
Barriers To Augmented Reality Are Holding Us Back From The Holodeck
http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/25/barriers-to-augmented-reality-are-holding-us-back-from-the-holodeck/
Stratton Oakmont buying lots of share of ASTI on the OTC
I am sure we will be midget-tossing little people into ascent Solar Film in a matter of weeks when this stock goes full pounce above .10 cents.
Electric vehicles could make up half of all new car sales by 2040, as long as oil prices eventually increase, according to a study released Thursday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
The cost of the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles is quickly decreasing, but sales suffered last year as oil slid below $30 per barrel, making gas-guzzling vehicles more affordable in the United States. If oil remains at rock-bottom prices, it could delay electric vehicles from becoming mainstream for at least the next four years.
“In a scenario where they become widespread in fleets and ride sharing scheme, new EV sales could reach 50% of new car sales by 2040,” Salim Morsy, senior analyst at BNEF, wrote in the study. “However, persistently low crude oil prices could also keep adoption as low as 25% by 2040.”
Electric vehicles currently make up about 1 percent of global annual car sales. Four major factors will determine whether they'll make up half of the market by 2040.
First, battery prices must continue to fall. This is likely to happen for a few reasons. Demand continues to be high, as more automakers release electric vehicles and the energy storage industry begins to pick up pace. To fill those orders, manufacturers are upping their production. Tesla, for example, is building a $5 billion factory in Nevada that will, at its peak, produce more lithium-ion packs per year than were created in the entire world in 2013.
“It’s very important, insofar as being a first move for establishing large-scale manufacturing assets globally,” Morsy told The Huffington Post on Wednesday. “But, relative to the install demand needed in the future to supply what we project to be demand, it is certainly not as important.”
Second, self-driving technology must become commercially viable. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, nearly every major automaker unveiled some kind of autonomous driving technology. And with good reason: Google is testing driverless, electric cars. Tesla just released a limited autonomous feature that allows its cars to steer themselves. Uber last year raided Carnegie Mellon University's robotics department, hiring away its top scientists to develop self-driving technology that will eventually replace its drivers.
Analysts expect Tesla, Uber and other car companies to eventually own and operate fleets of autonomous vehicles. If they're advanced enough to drive themselves, they'll ideally be advanced enough not to use oil.
Third, oil prices need to bounce back. Unless the price of crude returns to $50 and $70, as some predict it will by 2020, electric vehicles are unlikely to exceed 5 percent of new sales in most markets for the next four years, Morsy said. Low price projections actually halve electric vehicles’ market share forecast. If current oil prices continue into the next decade, electric vehicles may only make up 25 percent of new car sales by 2040.
Fourth, the electric auto industry must overcome the fact that it’s navigating a combustion engine’s world. By 2030, BNEF expects charging ports to become standardized, much in the same way any vehicle on the road now can connect to a petrol pump at any gas station. Improved infrastructure -- and the normalization of plugging your car in nightly at home or at the office during the day -- will help the industry clear the range issue that has long dogged it. Just as no one likes having a dead smartphone, no one wants to be left with a car that runs out of battery.
“By and large, by 2030, we think the infrastructure issues around charging EVs will be addressed,” Morsy said. “That means standardization around charging for vehicles -- at the moment, it’s not a standardized market -- as well as availability of charging points.”
Yet one of the biggest challenges to electric vehicle adoption may not be an economic headwind, but political sabotage. Last week, HuffPost reported that billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch are planning to launch a $10 million campaign aimed at once again killing the electric car. Still, at this point, the industry may be too far along.
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk, one of the most famous business leaders fighting to wean humanity off fossil fuels, summed it up nicely:
We might look at things different. When you sell all your shares thinking the company will no longer make any form of recovery. Which may very well be the case it might drive to stock down to one or two pennies. Then I buy it and sell it when it bounces back before five pennies does it matter to me if the company goes bankrupt or falls off the OTC board. Only if I get caught holding the chair when the music stops
The Peak Oil Myth and the Rise of the Electric Car
There are more than one billion cars on the road worldwide today, and only one tenth of one percent of them have a plug. OPEC contends that even in the year 2040, EVs will make up just one percent. But don't be so sure. By 2020, some electric cars and SUVs will be faster, safer, cheaper, and more convenient than their gasoline counterparts. What if people just stop buying oil? In the first episode of our animated series, Sooner Than You Think, Bloomberg's Tom Randall does the math on when oil markets might be headed for the big crash.
OTC Welcome ASTI now we know there not some back yard companies in moms basement like some OTC stocks. There is a lot of investors on that trade OTC looking for good companies like Ascent Solar Technologies.
Lithium Market Demand to Hit 50,500 Metric Tons by 2019 - China Lithium Battery Equipment Market Size to Reach RMB16.6 Billion in 2018
Batteries for portable devices: A promising future
Batteries and other applications will drive lithium demand
growth to 10%+ per year for the next 13 years
Batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles:
Driving the future
LCE: Lithium Carbonate Equivalent
• In hybrid electric vehicles the amount of lithium varies between 0.8 to 2 Kg
• In plug-in electric vehicles the amount of lithium ranges between 1 to 10 Kg
• In pure electric vehicles the amount of lithium varies from 8 Kg to 40 Kg
Just wanted to post some Risk Factors from WLCDF Filings on OTC MARKET SITE
http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/WLCDF/filings
Western Lithium’s and Lithium America’s properties; cost
overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses; the availability of funds; currency fluctuations;
general market and industry conditions; competition; the business of the companies not being
integrated successfully or such integration proving more difficult, time consuming or costly than
expected; failure of Lithium Americas to enter into an agreement with POSCO to put the CauchariOlaroz
project into commercial production using POSCO’s proprietary lithium and potash
extraction technology; the fact that POSCO’s extraction technology tested at the Cauchari-Olaroz
project is proprietary to POSCO and has not been subject to any external and independent
economic study by Western Lithium or Lithium Americas; risk of putting a project into production
without first completing a feasibility study; and delays in obtaining governmental and regulatory
approvals, as well as those factors more fully described under the heading “Risk Factors” in
Western Lithium’s annual information form and most recently filed management discussion &
analysis, and described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Lithium America’s annual information
form, available on SEDAR. There is no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to
be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such information. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forwardlooking
information. Western Lithium does not intend, and expressly disclaims any obligation to,
update any forward-looking information whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as, and to the extent required by, applicable securities laws.
The forecast demand is only for China and does not take into account Korea (currently the world's 2nd largest lithium-ion battery manufacturer), Japan (3rd largest), Taiwan, or Tesla's planned "Gigafactory" in the USA. Altech will be targeting the Chinese lithium-ion battery manufacturers for its first stage of HPA sales and off-take agreements.
Tesla, the producer of electric vehicles and power storage products led by billionaire Elon Musk, is preparing to open its giant Gigafactory battery plant in Nevada. It will probably require 25,000 tons of lithium hydroxide a year when it reaches capacity, according to Simon Moores, managing director of Benchmark Mineral, an industry advisory company. That's equivalent to about 45 percent of current global supply, he said.
LG Chem Ltd. last year completed construction of an electric-vehicle battery plant in Nanjing, China, with capacity to supply batteries for 50,000 high-performance electric cars annually. Boston-Power Inc. is expanding its plants in China, and Panasonic Corp., which makes batteries for Tesla cars, has added a joint venture there.
WLCDF Western Lithium USA Corporation has less than 2 (%) percentchance of experiencing financial distress in the next 2 years of operations.
I am been following this stock for 3 years now and I also do charting and lots of research. I am buying at these low prices and with the chart still going Bullish I am stand to gain more. Low resistance and strong support levels make this easy. even looking Fibonacci Analysis 85% I will see the stock over .32 a share this week
Also like DNR stock at 1.01 looks like a quick gain on oil recover this week.
WLCDF Western Lithium USA Corporation has less than 2 (%) percentchance of experiencing financial distress in the next 2 years of operations.
I am been following this stock for 3 years now and I also do charting and lots of research. I am buying at these low prices and with the chart still going Bullish I am stand to gain more. Low resistance and strong support levels make this easy. even looking Fibonacci Analysis 85% I will see the stock over .32 a share this week
wlcdf Western Lithium USA Corporation has less than 2 (%) percentchance of experiencing financial distress in the next 2 years of operations.
I am been following this stock for 3 years now and I also do charting and lots of research. I am buying at these low prices and with the chart still going Bullish I am stand to gain more. Low resistance and strong support levels make this easy. even looking Fibonacci Analysis 85% I will see the stock over .32 a share this week
WLCDF Chance of Financial Distress
Western Lithium USA Corporation has less than 2 (%) percent chance of experiencing financial distress in the next 2 years of operations.
Western Lithium Summary
Western Lithium USA Corporation [WLCDF] is traded on OTC Market in USA. It is located in Vancouver, BC VC G and employs 56 people. The company currently falls under 'Micro-Cap' category with current market capitalization of 77.18 M. Western Lithium USA Corporation has 270.8 M outstanding shares.
DNR Denbury Resources Inc. 1.01 about to move up.also Western Lithium WLCDF
Steelmaker hopes Argentine lithium puts a charge into earnings
SEOUL -- Posco is positioning lithium as a key revenue source. Banking on steady growth in demand for the element, which is used in batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid cars, the South Korean steelmaker is building a large processing facility in northern Argentina.
The plant, located at Pozuelos Lake in the city of Salta, is to open by the end of the year. It will have the capacity to churn out 2,500 tons of the metal annually.
The 106-sq.-km salt lake sits 4,000 meters above sea level and is estimated to hold 1.5 million tons of lithium deposits. Earlier this year, Posco signed a supply contract with Lithea, an Argentine business that owns mining rights for the lake.
Back in 2010, Posco developed a method of directly processing lithium through a chemical reaction. This drastically cut processing times, which used to run longer than a year. The steelmaker has been conducting pilot production at salt lakes in Chile and Argentina; now it is ready to go commercial. Posco hopes to increase its output gradually.
The global lithium market swelled from 70,000 tons in 2002 to 170,000 tons in 2014, according to Posco. It forecasts an increase to about 270,000 tons by 2020.
When Posco unveiled its medium-term business plan in May 2014, Chairman and CEO Kwon Oh-joon stressed that the company would focus on its core steel business while restructuring and selling other operations. He also talked about plans to enhance two promising segments: raw materials, such as nickel and lithium; and clean energy technologies, such as fuel cells.
Posco posted its first group net loss for the year ended December.
E-mail From Western Lithium from a ? I asked them.
Thank you for your email. Posco's announcement this week demonstrates Its commitment to the lithium industry and to Argentina, and the event was attended by our representatives at POSCO’s invitation. Western Lithium’s Cauchari-Olaroz project represents the third-largest brine resource in the world, and continues to attract the attention of potential strategic partners.
Western Lithium remains committed to building a world class and sustainable business, and to generating long term shareholder value.
Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions, please call us at the number below.
Investor Relations
Western Lithium USA Corporation
T: 778-656-5820
F: 604-629-0726
Suite 1100 – 355 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8
Augmented Reality Market by Component, Display Type, Application, and Geography - Global Forecast to 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The augmented reality (AR) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 79.6% between 2015 and 2020. North America would lead the augmented reality market in terms of market size. With the interest of many established players, the augmented reality market is set to boost with inflow of capital and technology playing their respective roles. The attractive offering of the augmented reality technology is also responsible for the growth of augmented reality market. The increased use of PSPs and smartphones would drive the augmented reality market. The growing gaming market is also a driver for the augmented reality technology.
TOURISM AND LOGISTICS SECTOR TO HAVE A HIGH GROWTH RATE IN THE AUGMENTED REALITY MARKET
The commercial applications such as tourism and sightseeing, e-learning, e-commerce & marketing, and facility management would be the fastest-growing market segments for the augmented reality market. Augmented reality would also help the aerospace & defense sector and medical sector for training the fighters and the doctors, respectively, with the use of advanced AR technology. Along with this, logistics market is set to boost with the use of augmented reality technology in vision picking the products at the warehouses. The user experience and the customer engagement with the help of AR would help grab more attention and would help brand the products and services for the marketers.
The presence of major companies such as Google, Inc. (U.S.), Qualcomm, Inc. (U.S.), Microsoft Corporation (U.S.) in North America would boost the AR market in the region. The associations such as the EuroVR, the European Association for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality would help the growth of European AR market. Also, the aerospace & defense market in Europe is likely to help the growth of the European augmented reality market. The fast-growing commercial markets in Asia-Pacific are expected to foster the growth of the AR market in this region.
The primary participants for the report include 35% of the Tier 1 companies and 45% of the Tier 2 companies. The director-level primary participants were about 25%, and C-level participants accounted for 35%. The primary participants from North America were the most. The primary participants from North America, Europe, and APAC were 45%, 20%, and 30%, respectively.
The major players offering various products in the AR market include Google, Inc. (U.S.), Qualcomm, Inc. (U.S.), Microsoft Corporation (U.S.), Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (South Korea), Total Immersion (France), Infinity Augmented Reality Inc. (Israel), Blippar.Com Limited (U.K.), DAQRI LLC (U.K.), Osterhaut Design Group (U.S.), Wikitude GmbH (Austria), Magic Leap Inc. (U.S.), and Metaio GmbH (U.S.).
The AR is one of the emerging technologies to view a real-world environment with augmented inputs. AR technology would reach its peak in the next five years. With the concept of the connected world becoming popular, AR is likely to play an important part in this development in recent years. This report profiles the major companies in the AR market with their market growth strategies and recent developments. This report would help analyze the AR market with respect to its component, application, display type, and geography. The next big wave of change in this connected world, AR is the way!
An expanding universe of space apps
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2016/02/07/expanding-universe-space-apps/gJvrCDwCeUZdYjZv8FOkWL/story.html
Argentina’s new government scraps mining taxes
Miners struggling to cut costs amid plunging metal prices just got some help from Argentine President Mauricio Macri, as he announced the government has revoked a 5% tax imposed by the previous administration on mining and energy companies.
I was reading that 2500 tons of lithium could supply 60,000 car batteries interesting.
1 Million Electric Cars = 41,666 tons of lithium there is 60 million cars made a year now if half of them were replaced with EV cars by 2030 we would need 1249980 Tons of Lithium just for Cars not counting replacement batteries or Home storage witch would it least triple the amount of demand.
Lomiko Metals Inc. and Canada Strategic Report 18.4 M Tonnes of 3.19% Indicated and 16.7 M Tonnes of 3.75% Inferred Flake Graphite Resource with 1.5% Cut-Off
https://www.equities.com/news/lomiko-metals-inc-and-canada-strategic-report-18-4-m-tonnes-of-3-19-indicated-and-16-7-m-tonnes-of-3-75-inferred-flake-graphite-resource-with-1-5-cut-off-1
Infinity Augmented Realty, Inc. (ALSO) next stop March 16 2016
About the Event
The image processing, video and computer vision communities in Israel are world class leaders in the field, with large and dynamic presence in both industry and academia. The conference is a unique opportunity for companies from diverse industrial fields to meet with research groups of academic institutions heading machine vision research in Israel. This conference will serve as a venue for academic researchers, algorithm experts and engineers, product managers, and system managers from companies in various segments of the industry (medical, military, security, etc.) to gain exposure, exchange ideas and foster collaboration. The conference will focus mainly on the innovative work taking place in the industry today, and will serve as a point for cross-fertilization of ideas between academia and industry. In addition to lectures on algorithmic subject, there will also be lectures on software, hardware and technological subjects. An exhibition will be held in conjunction with the conference, where companies directly and indirectly engaged in the field (software houses, hardware importers) can display their products, and the public involved in this field will be given the opportunity to view the cutting-edge technologies. The aim of the conference is to showcase and reveal professional and innovative knowledge that will provide added value to developers in the vision field. It will serve as a base and lever for a dynamic cross-fertilization of ideas and joint ventures between academia and the various industrial companies involved in these diverse technological fields.
Lithium – POSCO starts construction of a lithium brine processing plant
• POSCO, the giant Korean steelmaker, broke ground on a new lithium brine processing plant on Sunday in Argentina.
• Production of 2,500tpa of lithium carbonate indicates that this is only a relatively small scale demonstration plant to prove the upscaling of the technology.
• POSCO have been testing a mini pilot plant for around two years.
POSCO is testing the water in Argentina this is not Western Lithium but is the same testing type plant with POSCO technology could be a play by them to force a lower price or as page 19 of western lithium investor presentation out lines lithium being made in Korea might change to Argentina if its conducive working with there government. This does not change the agreement POSCO and Western Lithium have for sale rights of the former LAC lithium.
POSCO may be in a position to decide on a commercial size plant by mid 2018 assuming successful operation till then.
• The small scale of the plant may also be a precaution against the perceived political risk of working within Argentina though the new Macri government appears to be moving to make Argentina more business friendly.
• The production is seen as sufficient for >60,000 electric car batteries of 40kg each.
• The plant is designed to use POSCO’s proprietary extraction technology which is claimed to cut processing time.
• The plant is expected to take lithium rich brines from the Pozuelos salt lake which is estimated to have reserves of around 1.5mt of lithium.
• POSCO gained access to the Pozuelos salar (salt lake) through a deal with Lithea and Argentine resources company which holds an exclusive mining right over the Pozuelos Salar.
Economic News
US – Good retail sales in Jan lifted the sentiment on Friday with Jan numbers beating forecasts and previous month’s data revised upwards.
• On a less positive note, consumer confidence has slightly come off in Feb instead of improving as expected by markets.
It's just a small market pull back I think strong support still from. 24 up to .29
The market sucks right now we need less people.