China is quietly limiting the natural graphite it exports globally, one of 20 'critical minerals' the US is entirely reliant on China for. I talk to suppliers trying desperately to move their supply chains elsewhere. It isn't easy. www.npr.org/2024/09/28/n...
China mines and refines some of the most sought after minerals the U.S. deems critical for technologies like semiconductors and electric cars. Yet moving the minerals' production away from China isn't so easy.
Suppliers say they must report and get approval from China to export natural graphite. Synthetic graphite makers are feeling pressure from both China - and the US. "It's like a time bomb," one graphite maker in Taiwan tells me. www.npr.org/2024/09/28/n...
China mines and refines some of the most sought after minerals the U.S. deems critical for technologies like semiconductors and electric cars. Yet moving the minerals' production away from China isn't so easy.