CATL's Jianxiawo lithium mine, China's largest by capacity, is back on care and maintenance after regulators revoked its environmental approval following a brief informal restart in June and July that left a tailings-pond dispute unresolved. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence said more than 70 formal complaints followed, authorities halted operations in the first week of August, and CATL must restart the environmental impact assessment. BMI cut its 2026 mined-output forecast for the site to 32,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent from 62,500 tonnes, while leaving its 2027 forecast unchanged at about 99,000 tonnes; the review could slip into the fourth quarter of 2026 or 2027.
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