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The Scramble for Rare Earths - 2. The Hidden Paradox
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Misha Glenny finds out why the battle for a small group of metals and critical raw materials is central to rising geopolitical tensions around the world. In this second episode, we hear how reducing CO2 emissions requires critical raw materials like lithium, cobalt and nickel. The miners are looking for the lightest metal on earth, lithium. It's one of the three elements which are critical for making the batteries, which will increasingly power the world around us.
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