The EU launched its initial complaint in November 2019 against the export restrictions on raw materials.

The Asian country controls a third of the $46 billion market for electric vehicle batteries.

Ghana, Africa’s second-largest gold producer, last week ordered large mining companies to sell 20% of the metal they refine to the central bank.

Company is in “full throttle” for new metals and renewable assets as the Indonesian company aims to cut its reliance on coal to half the total income by 2030.

Indonesia has already started producing EV battery parts extracted from nickel.

Musk might want to read up on Kaher Kazem, the former head of GM in South Korea, who now faces a potential jail term on charges of illegally hiring contract workers.

Company expects to complete construction by 2025 of a high-pressure acid leaching plant to produce nickel minerals.

The policy is similar to what the country has implemented for developing a downstream processing industry for nickel ore.