Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices started to buck a three-year downturn in the second half of 2020 as electric vehicle demand roared back from the coronavirus outbreak.
For those seeking evidence of a new commodity supercycle, and for the sceptics of a sustained boom in natural resources, Australia’s government forecaster has it covered.
Low-speed EVs have not previously been regarded as vehicles that qualify for proper licence plates in China, the world's largest automobile market, but regulators are drafting rules to recategorise them.