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-China has severely restricted antimony exports, including ban on shipments to USA

-Prices soar, US battery association views shortage as a national emergency.

-Battery makers are passing higher costs on to customers

MELBOURNE, June 18 (Reuters) - When China restricts exports of a key mineral, sometimes the pain is sudden and even crippling - enough to spur a major outcry almost immediately. Other times, it takes longer to be felt. For the world's makers of lead-acid batteries, China's restrictions on critical mineral antimony that were put in place late last year have become a major headache - one that their customers also now have as sky-high procurement costs are passed on.