As electric vehicles roll off assembly lines, a bottleneck sits upstream: lithium refinement. Turning raw lithium into the compounds needed for batteries is expensive, messy, and energy-intensive, but ...

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

Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. said it has started building a lithium sulfate plant in Zimbabwe as the southern African ...

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 ...

Sinomine Resource Group Co.’s Zimbabwean unit plans to build a $500 million lithium refinery in the next 3-5 years, even as the company currently loses money due to weak metal prices. “We have to ...

The Chinese company has been developing the Manono lithium project since it secured the prized deposit in 2023.

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Chilean lithium producer SQM ⁠on ⁠Friday reported a ⁠rise in fourth-quarter net profit, as a stronger pricing environment lifted average lithium prices and boosted results. The ...

Among the biggest complaints inhibiting growth in the electric vehicle market is the limited lifespan and range of lithium-ion batteries. Consumers fear being stranded far from home with long wait ...

EVs are driving global demand for lithium - Copyright AFP/File Sameer Al-DOUMY EVs are driving global demand for lithium - Copyright AFP/File Sameer Al-DOUMY Zimbabwe ...