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The minerals behind the switch

Nickel, lithium, cobalt, copper and more: the mines and the countries the energy switch now depends on.

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011 going electric Indonesia now mines two-thirds of the world's nickel 094 going electric Kazakhstan mines more uranium than Canada and Namibia combined 111 going electric Argentina mined 60% more lithium in just one year 145 going electric The price of lithium fell 86% in three years 177 going electric Indonesia climbed from ninth to second among cobalt miners 185 going electric DR Congo tripled its copper mining in ten years 207 going electric DR Congo passed Chile in refined copper 229 going electric Zimbabwe climbed to fourth among the world's lithium miners 037 going electric DR Congo mines three-quarters of the world's cobalt 206 power shift Guinea overtook Australia as the world's biggest bauxite miner 133 new routes Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium
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