EV Makers’ Next Headache: Scarce Battery Chemicals, Made in China

Lithium used to make electric-vehicle batteries is getting dear; that is only leading edge of supply-chain problem

Lithium prices are rising as demand for the key ingredient in electric car batteries grows, amid a broader push to move away from oil and gas. But extraction of the metal is time consuming and potentially harmful to the environment, and plans to produce more have prompted protests. Photo: STR/Getty Images, Oliver Bunic/AFP/Getty Images

I get disappointed in my own country Australia, we have the resources but often we ship the product overseas to be processed. Wake up Australia ScottMorrisonMP

your publication is a disgrace.

SnowLakeLithium Está claro ya que China es una potencia más grande que USA ya en medio chiste temas ,eso es muy bueno,deberían haber unas 4 potencias más grandes que USA para terminar con el policía del mundo por puro gusto

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depending on another country for our transportation fuel is a long-standing idea that has worked out really well for us

MINE THE OCEAN JUST OFF THE CALIFORNIA OR MDW YORK COAST

Heard on what street? Abbey Road?

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