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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

China has unveiled plans to restrict exports of graphite — a mineral crucial to the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) — on national security grounds, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs said Friday.

The announcement comes just days after the United States imposed additional limits on the kinds of semiconductors that American companies are able to sell to Chinese firms.

China, which dominates the world’s production and processing of graphite, says export permits will be needed, starting in December, for synthetic graphite material — including high-purity, high-strength and high-density versions — as well as for natural flake graphite.

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[-] Yewb@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

1 Turkey 27.2%

2 China 22.1%

3 Brazil 21.2%

4 Madagascar 7.9%

Seems like the shit heads have all the graphite time to innovative around it

[-] Risk@feddit.uk 11 points 11 months ago

Sounds like China is doing Turkey and Brazil a solid.

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