How British company's bid to mine lithium in a tiny Portuguese village sparked the chain of events that led to the country's general election... and possible lurch to the Right

Mining firm Savannah wanted to turn the sleepy village of Covas do Barroso (pictured) into a €1.3billion (£1.1bn) mining hub that would create half a million electric car batteries a year.

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