Chinese lithium mine registers wider vein, bolstering Beijing’s battery supply

China has announced the expansion of the resource base for a major lithium deposit in the southwestern province of Sichuan by about 70 per cent, strengthening the country’s potential long-term supply for the metal – an essential component in the production of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage. After recent detection efforts, the lithium-mine" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="212914" data-entity-type="location">Jiada lithium Mine has registered about 1.05 million tonnes of lithium-carbonate" class="entity-link entity-topic" data-entity-id="159743" data-entity-type="topic">lithium carbonate equivalent in the deposit, bringing its total resources to 2.53...