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Lithium leads critical minerals boom: Cipher tracker
North Carolina and Nevada are emerging as centers of mining and processing lithium, a mineral critical for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage. The article examines the progress the United States has made since the enactment of key federal laws in establishing manufacturing facilities to make battery ready lithium. Latest News
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