France looks to lithium – but can projects get off the ground?
A scattering of new lithium projects are hoping to defy the current price downturn – lithium carbonate prices have fallen by more than 80% throughout 2023 and into 2024 – to provide two-thirds of France''s needs for electric-vehicle (EV) batteries by 2035.. One of the country''s largest lithium projects, EMILI, is being developed by French multinational Imerys.