China’s Yichun city cracks down on illegal lithium mining amid weak market

The local government of Yichun city in China’s Jiangxi province has begun a crackdown on illegal lithium mining in the city, it said on Friday February 24.

The crackdown targets unlicensed mining activities, mining activities of companies with revoked or expired licenses and other criminal activities along the battery raw materials supply chain, according to the local...