Czech company's technology selected to be part of waste-to-value challenge.

Prototype battery passports include data from Audi and Tesla relating to technical specifications, material provenance, and reporting against key sustainability performance indicators.

Volumes have fallen every month year-on-year since the suspension of nickel trading and the decision to cancel trades.

Trading volumes at the LME have been slowly declining primarily due to increased competition from the OTC markets.

"There is zero availability on the ground and some people actually flew some material from China."

Shutdowns of European smelters due to high power prices have been a key reason behind low LME stocks.

The partnership would build a hydro-metallurgical complex with an output capacity of 67,000 tonnes of nickel and 7,500 tonnes of cobalt per year.

Climate campaigner was detained during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion.