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What you need to know about the battery metals market

17th March 2023 14:15

by the interactive investor team from interactive investor

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We asked mining companies whether a surge in the price of lithium and other battery metals is sustainable. We also discussed the outlook for other key elements in this space such as rare earth minerals and tantalum. And there’s a genuinely fascinating insight into Chinese dominance of rare earths production and how the West is struggling to move away from that.

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