The accident took place in the afternoon in the Myslowice-Wesola mine, over 600 metres underground.
"Three years of falling lithium prices failed to incentivise sufficient investment into supply chains, leading to greater risks of price volatility as battery demand ramps up."
The nickel and stainless steel giant will provide 100,000 tonnes of nickel matte to Huayou Cobalt and battery materials maker CNGR Advanced Material.
Global ETFs have retraced the last six months of overall inflows over the past four months, the WGC says.