Lithium miner Alliance Mineral Assets has formed a joint-venture with Jiante to supply lithium hydroxide to the Jiante’s battery manufacturing plants from a new Australian mine. That’s part of a long-term arms race to secure access to the material, though in the near-term oversupply appears to be depressing prices according to S&P Global Platts. Chilean miners, including SQM, are already facing a after a 14.1% sequential drop in average export values in February. There were also zero shipments from Chile to China in February for the first time since at least 2009 with...