Europe moves to revive mining to cut reliance on China

6 min read . Updated: 18 Mar 2023, 09:51 PM IST Eric Sylvers, The Wall Street Journal

A technician works with lithium brine in at a Vulcan Energy Resources lab in Karlsruhe, Germany, near the company’s Insheim plant (WSJ) — A technician works with lithium brine in at a Vulcan Energy Resources lab in Karlsruhe, Germany, near the company’s Insheim plant **(WSJ)**

Race for metals and minerals amid growing battery demand spurs innovation and erodes European resistance to local production

Near the Rhine river in this part of western Germany, little indicates that beneath the picturesque villages, vineyards and rolling hills there lies enough lithium to make millions of batteries for electric vehicles.

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