The plan includes expanding the category of consumer batteries, improving quality and performance, and strengthening research and development.

Investors are worried Trump will repeal the IRA, which has created over 300,000 jobs as of June 20.

The push to resuscitate it and add new responsibilities would, supporters argue, allow Washington to craft a unified critical minerals policy.

Eramet is in talks for an ore supply agreement to a high-pressure acid leach plant run by the Chinese firm.

Some of the country's largest mining companies are copper producers, which means any foreign investment involving those miners would face intense scrutiny.

The Vancouver-based miner is exploring and developing the largest mineral land holdings in the area, which adjoin and surround Albemarle's Silver Peak mine.

The government in February 2023 found its first lithium deposits in Jammu and Kashmir with estimated reserves of 5.9 million metric tons.