Europe proposal to classify lithium as toxic could hinder battery supply chain

The European Commission is contemplating classifying lithium as toxic, which could hinder the EU’s aims to create and support a domestic battery materials supply chain, market participants told S&P Global Commodity Insights. At the end of 2021, the European Chemicals Agency’s Risk Assessment Committee agreed with French proposals to classify lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide and lithium chloride as Category 1A…