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Battery metals arms race heats up with US lagging

Benchmark forecasts major mineral disruption as battery demand grows to 2028

Staff reporter
Despite Tesla's Gigafactory 1 having kicked-off the global battery manufacturing arms race, the US is standing idle while major build-outs proliferate in Asia

Despite Tesla's Gigafactory 1 having kicked-off the global battery manufacturing arms race, the US is standing idle while major build-outs proliferate in Asia

Mining Journal asked Benchmark's senior analyst Any Miller whether this could be construed as the jurisdiction getting serious about its role in the global battery arms race in which it was currently a...

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