BEIJING (Reuters) - A slump in the price of lithium, a key raw material in electric car batteries, is dragging on China's mining of the ultralight metal which together with a costly extraction process ...

China has sent officials to Yichun, a city in East China's Jiangxi Province that is rich in lithium resources, to investigate and supervise the local mining sector, after reports said that local ...

A crackdown on rural Jiangxi’s lithium sector that might snarl global supply chains has cast a spotlight on the conflict between rural economic development and environmental protection. Earlier this ...

Lepidolite waste dumps near Coolgardie are firming as a source of supply for Lithium Australia’s large scale SiLeach pilot plant, highlighting the breakthrough advantages of the new processing ...

Some mines in one of China’s major lithium-production hubs have been allowed to restart amid a government investigation that halted activity last week, according to a report in local media outlet ...

Down a steep dirt road from the Baishi Huashan lithium mine in southern China, trucks laden with silvery grey ore rumble towards a cluster of smelters in the valley below that have sprung up to cash ...

Tests will soon commence at a site in Western Australia's Pilbara to determine the potential to produce lithium carbonate for use in high-tech batteries. Cobre Montana has signed a Memorandum of ...

Globally, it now expects 27% growth in mined lithium output, down from 42% previously. Almost half of China’s lithium output in 2023 came from lepidolite, pricing agency Fastmarkets said, adding ...