> By 2030, the International Energy Agency estimates that supply from existing mines and projects under construction will produce only half the amount of lithiu

> By 2030, the International Energy Agency estimates that supply from existing mines and projects under construction will produce only half the amount of lithium and cobalt necessary to meet international needs. The mining has to be does somewhere at some point... barring a breakthrough in alternative battery chemistry in the next half decade. Not saying it needs to be in this mine, but the countries that do currently supply the world with lithium are securing a greater economic foothold. Of course I'd wish for every nation to be all honky-dory with each other but there are regimes whose optimization function is absolute domestic power and international domination. Please refrain from pointing out the tired old truth that the US was or is such a country.