Australia, and in particular WA, is poised for further increases...

Australia, and in particular WA, is poised
for further increases in 2018 for deals in the
tech metals sector, as the Federal and State
Governments open doors to capitalise on
growing global demand.
Electric vehicles, stricter environmental
emissions legislation, and household-use
solar power batteries are driving demand
for commodities such as lithium, cobalt,
boron, vanadium, copper, and nickel.
Mergemarket said WA in particular
would again expected to be the engine room
of such mining deals, as well as initial public
offerings (IPO)