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China's electric-car push sparks gold rush for lithium

Companies chase deals with Chilean, Australian miners

Most of South America's lithium is harvested from salt flats.
SHUNSUKE TABETA and NAOYUKI TOYAMA, Nikkei staff writers | China

GUANGZHOU/SAO PAULO -- China's aggressive promotion of electric vehicles has kicked off a global hunt for lithium, spurring record prices for the material vital to the production of batteries used in such cars.

Lithium race

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