New guidelines aim to suppress the industry after years of over-expansion, which caused lithium prices to plunge more than 80% last year

Harvard scientists say their solid state battery design charges in minutes and lasts for thousands of cycles

Prices of the key EV battery metal have already tumbled close to 80% this year with supply outpacing the rise in demand

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

Gotion will be eligible to receive US tax benefits totalling $213 million over 30 years and also get $125 million in capital funding from Illinois

As lithium prices fall and concerns rise around the environmental impact of lithium mining, China's Yichun city finds itself running short of achieving ambitious targets

Officials in Yichun, known as Asia’s lithium capital, said last week they were cracking down on illegal mining – news that comes amid a big drop in the price of lithium, which could last for some time

Tianqi Lithium shares started trading at HK$74.50 ($9.49) each before bouncing back to its debut price of HK$82 - in a recovery important for the group and the Hong Kong Exchange