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Tianqi charge a litmus test

The world is waking to China’s plan to dominate the supply of battery metals, but if it gets the right to buy a big slice of Chile’s lithium giant, SQM, it might be too late to prevent control of essential elements for the electric-car revolution being in Chinese hands.

Tim Treadgold
 China's Tianqi Lithium reaching for market dominance

China's Tianqi Lithium reaching for market dominance

Chile has seen a future in which its lithium industry is under the thumb of Chinese and US companies such as China's Tianqi and Albemarle of the US - and its government is not happy, which is why it is...

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