The Cinovec lithium and tin project in Czech Republic, funded to construction, could become the first EU producer of battery-grade lithium.

Gold miners are well placed to weather the downturn, but those in energy and battery materials will struggle.

After years of buying at the peak of the economic cycle and selling in the trough, the world’s big diggers could do the reverse.

China has not only shoved aside the US for rare earths, cobalt, graphite and lithium production – new study shows it controls 93% of world's manganese going into EVs.

Tianqi flagged losses for Q1 of 450-510 million yuan, which may force it to sell part of its stake in the Greenbushes mine in Australia.