Volkswagen has a large plant in Portugal. The German company,...

Volkswagen has a large plant in Portugal. The German company, which plans to begin mass-market production of electric cars in the next few years, declined to say whether Portugal figured in its plans for electric cars.

But it said it was holding discussions with suppliers on ways to secure a long-term and sustainable raw material supply for its electro-mobility program, and was monitoring capacity and demand.

I think they are finally admitting discussions with EMH . It wont be long now 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-portugal-lithium-exclusive/exclusive-portugal-to-launch-tender-of-lithium-exploration-licenses-this-year-idUSKCN1M5199