EVE, based in Huizhou in southern China, said in an exchange filing it planned to take 28.1% equity in Jinkulun Lithium Industry Co, which makes lithium metal in China.
The first round of China’s much-anticipated state metal reserves auctions needed only one of two days allotted for all the copper and aluminum on offer to be sold.
China is releasing metal from state stockpiles as part of its campaign to restrain prices after factory inflation in May hit its highest level in 13 years.