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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

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of the lithium reserves and a quarter of its copper deposit, much in the Atacama desert – see picture of the flats above); Third, the Congo which has 46% of global cobalt reserves and produces 70% of the world’s output. You guessed it – China – which has nabbed the biggest commercial deposits of cobalt in the Congo.