Chinese companies are scouting the world for mining assets as the country's booming new energy vehicle industry boosts demand for lithium, cobalt and nickel -- key metals used in batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles.
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China's hunt for strategic new energy minerals
Geopolitics, supply chain restructuring, receding globalization create roadblocks
A lithium company worker at Argentina's Salta salt flats in August 2021.
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