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The West's lithium fight back

Few keeping up with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine will have missed Germany’s enormous own goal of being over-reliant on Russia for the supply of gas. Angela Merkel has a lot to answer for.

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Another own goal, this time by the entire Western world, is how complacent we've been in allowing China to dominate the lithium-ion battery supply chain - most refined battery materials come from