Banter and general comments, page-18362

From The Australian Newspaper today:

"Australia is the largest global producer of lithium, third largest producer of cobalt, and fourth largest producer of rare earths. It supplies about 55 per cent of the world’s lithium.

At last week’s G20 summit in Bali, Dr Chalmers said he and Anthony Albanese were repeatedly asked by world leaders about “Australian lithium” amid a global net zero emissions scramble to source minerals for batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, phones, fighter jets, MRI scanners and satellites."

Critical Minerals Summit: Rare earths gateway to next boom, Jim Chalmers says (theaustralian.com.au)