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EV segment will likely depend on China for many years

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And just as petroleum resources shaped the geopolitics of the last 100 years, control of the battery minerals needed to electrify transport and decarbonize energy utilities has become a critical national security issue for the 21st Century. China controls 72% of lithium refining capacity and 71% of cobalt refining, according to WSJ.

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