From electric vehicles to consumable and energy storage systems, the appetite for lithium-ion batteries is rapidly growing. But will a materials supply chain, weakened by COVID-19, overpricing and a lack of mining investment, remain strong enough not to break under demand pressures? Paul Crompton investigates.
It doesn't take a huge leap of faith to forecast the lithium-ion battery materials market will grow dramatically in the next decade. However, many industry forecasters do not predict there will be significant shifts in market share, at least in the short term. China will continue to dominate the . . .
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