There's a quiet renaissance going on in the British mining industry, and it's coming from a sector that ten years ago wasn't on anyone's radar.

Lithium is set to become one of the most crucial and strategic of commodities as the 21st century rolls on and, as it happens, it looks as though it could be present in abundance in Cornwall.

The pressure to develop this resource has been greatly stimulated by Donald Trump's tariff wars and the coronavirus, which together have woken up businesses and governments to the vulnerability of globalized international supply chains.