As Wu Xiuli remembers it, the stream near her village at the foot of the Jiuling Mountains in eastern China used to be so clear you could drink from it.
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Fallout from lithium boom hinders local Chinese miner's recovery
Crash in commodity's price leaves cash-strapped producers with the build-up of slag
Workers and vehicles are seen at a lithium smelter in Yichun, Jiangxi province in China in March 2023. © Reuters
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