Zimbabwe’s lithium upgrade still runs through China

Zimbabwe’s lithium upgrade still runs through China

The NewsZimbabwe’s push to refine lithium at home could reshape both its economy and the global battery supply chain — but it also risks reinforcing China’s dominant role in the industry.Chinese producer Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group has begun building a lithium sulfate plant in the country, one of several such facilities under development as Harare forces mining companies to process more of the metal domestically instead of exporting raw mater…