China’s firms seek to avoid pitfalls in search of key EV metal in Latin America: analysts

China’s firms seek to avoid pitfalls in search of key EV metal in Latin America: analysts

Chinese firms, which needs the raw material to make batteries for the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) market, are hitting resistance in some Latin American countries that hold the keys to the world’s reserves of the soft, silvery-white alkali metal. The miners face environmental, protectionist and occasionally political barriers, analysts said, with some issues leading … Read more