Lithium is emerging as a strategic resource, pushing Europe to develop domestic mining and reduce dependence on Chinese-controlled critical mineral supply chains. In recent years, the European Union ...

This installment of CNA’s series on the forces powering electric vehicles (EVs) in Asia examines China’s dominance in lithium ...

A CHINESE lithium producer has begun construction of a lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe as the southern African country tightens controls on raw mineral exports to encourage higher-value refining ...

Zimbabwe's ban on raw lithium exports is forcing Chinese miners to rethink their strategy, speeding up plans to process the metal locally instead of shipping it to China's vast rechargeable battery ...

Zimbabwe’s abrupt ban on raw lithium exports aims to force domestic processing and capture more value from its vast reserves, ...

The southern African country’s resource ambitions play out amid a US–China battle for Africa’s critical minerals.

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Mine Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has welcomed government’s decision to suspend the export of all ...