The deal comes a day after a deadline expired for CATL to respond to the Lithium Americas offer.

The company is leading the construction of a 290,000 square-foot, first-of-its-kind electric vehicle battery R&D center and pilot line in Slovakia.

People are buying electric vehicles now, partly because the climate is simmering closer to a boil and partly because the auto industry is finally making appealing battery-powered machines in volume.

Fitch has revised up significantly both its lithium carbonate and hydroxide price forecasts from 2021 to 2026 to incorporate higher global EV sales assumptions.

Nickel and zinc may not spring to mind when most people think of critical minerals, but as far as the United States is concerned, they both are, writes Andy Home.

The two companies will establish a long-term strategic partnership for the supply of spodumene concentrates.