Spot lithium prices in the world's top producer of the battery metal were effectively down close to 80% year-on-year

The fund’s push to remove Northern Minerals' chairman comes after the miner asked Australian authorities to investigate whether ‘Chinese interests’ were trying to bypass an earlier ban on greater stake in the firm

The electric battery industry is hugely reliant on raw materials, or completed batteries, sourced from China and other Asian nations

Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday, with stocks in China flat, while shares in Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Australia rose

Beijing's bid to upgrade manufacturing of high-tech goods like chips, solar panels, lithium batteries and EVs has led to concern the world will be flooded with an excess of such products

US lithium miner will meet investors in Allkem Australian in coming days ahead of vote on $10.6-billion merger next month

Petrostates and oil, gas and coal companies still intend to keep on making trillions of dollars a year by increasing production

In a first, China has added rare earths to its list of minerals that need to be reported to authorities for export

A basket of prices for the key electric vehicle battery metal has dropped by more than 60% this year

China has been lowering trade barriers since Albanese took power last year and began moves to stabilize relations with his country's biggest trading partner

Rare earths have emerged as particularly significant to the global clean energy transition as countries around the world race to meet their carbon emissions goals

Shares rose slightly on markets in mainland China but dropped in Hong Kong, while Japan, Seoul and Sydney rebounded after three days of falls; Asian currencies edged higher