Crucial metals in battery-powered future.

It will be years before any battery breakthroughs reach the mass market. But it’s already virtually certain that rising demand for existing lithium-ion batteries will be exponential and can be matched by manufacturers only if the materials used to make batteries—primarily lithium, cobalt, and nickel—are also supplied adequately. These curves will become steeper in the decade ahead. Just take a look at six charts that show where things are headed.Electrification has become a key theme for automakers in the US and Europe. While it was barely mentioned a decade ago, company executives are increasingly talking up batteries and electric vehicles to investors. QUOTE
Cobalt demand will grow with time as a new era of electrification tales hold IMO.

https://www.mining.com/web/the-battery-powered-future-depends-on-a-few-crucial-metals/