[LAC] GM 태커패스 추가 투자 유보 결정

나에게 처음 큰 수익을 안겨다준 리튬아메리카스. 이렇게 고생하는구나. 진작 빠져나왔지만 보면서도 마음이 짠하다. 그러나 투자는 냉철하게. 최대 주주였던 GM이 태커패스에 추가 투자하지 않겠다고 결정. 리튬 업계는 당분간 쳐다보지 않는 게 좋다. 일단 테슬라가 상승세를 타야 한다. 대장인 테슬라가 안 움직이면 리튬의 미래도 없다. 

 

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Lithium Americas said on Friday automaker General Motors has delayed the second tranche of investment, worth $330 million, in the miner until the end of the year. GM had announced an investment of $650 million, in two tranches, in Lithium Americas last year to help it develop the Thacker Pass lithium mining project in Nevada, which holds enough of the battery metal to build 1 million electric vehicles annually.

 

The lithium miner said it is exploring alternative structures for the investment and extended the date for deal closure to Dec. 20. In case, the deal is not closed on their end by that date, Lithium Americas will have to grant additional rights to the automaker.

GM did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

 

The investment conditions for the second tranche included the successful execution of a $2.26 billion loan agreement with the US Energy Department, which the company is rushing to finish by the end of the year amid uncertainties regarding the results of the US presidential election.

 

Given Donald Trump’s pledge to “end the electric vehicle mandate” and plans laid out by former Trump administration officials in the Project 2025 document to shutter the Loans Program Office, mining companies and others are rushing to close loan agreements before Joe Biden leaves office in five months.

 

(By Sourasis Bose; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)