China leads global lithium race amid processing plant building boom in Zimbabwe
中国在津巴布韦加工厂建设热潮中引领全球锂竞赛
China is getting a head start in the global rush for lithium after several mining companies completed multimillion-dollar processing plants for the “white gold” in Zimbabwe.
在津巴布韦，几家矿业公司投资数百万美元为“白色黄金”建造了加工厂后，中国在全球锂矿热潮中抢占了先机。
Major Chinese companies, including Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, Sinomine Resource Group and Chengxin Lithium Group, all completed the construction or upgrade of lithium processing plants in Zimbabwe last year.
去年，包括浙江华友钴业、中矿资源集团和诚信锂业集团在内的中国主要公司都在津巴布韦完成了锂加工厂的建设或升级。
The southern African country is home to one of the world’s largest hard rock lithium reserves, attracting Chinese companies in search of raw materials for lithium-ion batteries used to power a host of products from electric vehicles to solar panels.
这个南部非洲国家拥有世界上最大的硬岩锂矿储量之一，吸引着中国公司寻找锂离子电池的原材料，这些锂离子电池用于为从电动汽车到太阳能电池板等一系列产品提供动力。
