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New tech can help remove questions over the extraction of key battery chemical
Company under scrutiny over use of water in Atacama Desert to mine element critical to electric vehicles
Investors take heart after Beijing says buyer subsidies will not be cut further
Chilean group aims to increase production to meet demand for electric car batteries
Acquisition from Chile’s SQM for $87.5m a vote of confidence in lithium market
Deal further tightens China’s grip on global supply chain for electric car batteries
Move to halt sale of stake in miner to Tianqi could ‘leave negative influences’
Shares down 15% this week due to fears battery material will be oversupplied
Albemarle and SQM hit as Morgan Stanley warns metal price may plunge 45 per cent
PotashCorp plans to sell a big stake in Chile’s SQM, a key supplier of the metal
Carmaker is seeking to access more stocks of the key electric car battery raw material
The Anglo-Australian miner is among those looking at a 32% stake in Chilean group
Chinese group among bidders for maker of key component in electric car batteries
Companies bid on projects tied to the country’s vast reserves
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