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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

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High-temperature alloys, created primarily using cobalt, are essential for advanced technologies like semiconductor fabrication, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace products. To meet this demand and ensure a sustainable supply chain, Australia, Chile , China, and Brazil are proactively ramping up their lithium production.

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4 Crucial Commodities to Watch in 2023

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According to Siddharth Kara , a researcher of modern-day slavery, “Industrial mines, almost all of them, have artisanal miners working, digging in and around them, feeding cobalt into the formal supply chain.” Automotive, aerospace, and healthcare industries—all of these industries use parts that contain polysilicon.”

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