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Originally posted by BrucieKibbutz:
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Hey George,
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One only has to look at the supply chain for graphite, which is the biggest material by weight in a Li ion battery. The graphite is mined and concentrated in either China or Africa. It is then shipped to a downstream processor for purification, spheronizing and coating. It is then shipped to an anode maker before being shipped to a giga factory and finally an EV maker. In some cases the graphite is mined in Africa, purified etc in China, made into an anode in Korea, put in a battery in Eastern Europe and installled in an EV in Western Europe before the finished product is exported to the USA.
