European institutions are looking into whether to classify lithium chemicals as a risk to reproductive health, while simultaneously working on new legislation to improve investment conditions for mining, processing, and recycling of strategic raw materials. The two legal developments are ongoing. Sergio Matalucci reports on how industry players say these decisions could have a decades-long impact on Europe’s ability to create a localized supply chain for batteries.
RockTech is planning to develop a lithium hydroxide converter in Germany but warns that regulatory uncertainty may also unsettle investors.
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