** Australia and EU sign trade deal removing tariffs for almost all European goods and nearly all exports of Australian critical minerals
** Removal of almost all tariffs on Australian critical mineral imports into EU will help stabilise global supply chains, says PM Anthony Albanese
** Lithium producers PLS Group PLS.AX, Liontown LTR.AX Mineral Resources MIN.AX, IGO IGO.AX up between 5.2% and 6.3%
** PLS, LTR, MIN, IGO among top gainers on benchmark .AXJO, which is up 0.3%
(Reporting by Sherin Sunny in Bengaluru)
((Sherin.Sunny@thomsonreuters.com))