Almost all the critical minerals currently come from outside the continent, with China dominating the global supply chain.

The world’s largest miner of the metal raised its 2022 outlook, but investors were left wanting more.

Chilean state-owned mining firm received an environmental permit to develop Salar de Maricunga.

The hard-rock resource has the potential to host the third-biggest mine of its kind in China, according to ScienceNet.cn.

It plans build a new state-of-the-art car factory close to its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany, to raise its game as electric-vehicle rival Tesla TSLA.O builds a plant near Berlin.

Scarcity of what is a critical input for EV batteries could potentially act as a powerful brake on e-mobility, writes Andy Home.