Once upon a time, the world didn’t care much about lithium.

A decade after Sony Corp. developed lithium-ion batteries in 1991, the rise of smartphones and laptops in the early 2000s still wasn’t enough to dent the market. The light, reactive metal was mostly considered a useful additive for making aluminum, glass, or industrial lubricants. Few thought of it as an element whose supply and demand could determine humanity's ability to avert catastrophic climate change.

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Lithium’s Promised Land Looks More Like the Old Country

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08.11.2023

Once upon a time, the world didn’t care much about lithium.

A decade after Sony Corp. developed lithium-ion........

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