Canada and Australia could be investment targets for nickel, according to the group CEO.

One of the plan's aims is also to promote decentralization.

World’s top 50 mining companies build on gains in the first quarter of 2023, but remain well below valuations this time last year as M&A fever grips the sector.

The company will build and operate the direct lithium extraction plant, set to begin operations in the third quarter of 2023.

The restrictions have increased more than five-fold in the last decade to a point where 10% of the global value of exports is subject to at least one measure, the OECD says.

The Texas-based company is developing a more efficient method to extract lithium from salt flats.

It has partnered with waste management services provider FCC Ámbito and Spanish energy firm Iberdrola to offer battery recycling services.

Production is expected to slowly ramp up in coming months and hit an annual production rate of 270,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate by July.