I recently attended a presentation from a man who was promoting some investors for his company which is developing lithium batteries for the racing industry and the subject about lithium mining came up. He said that China now controls most of the world supply.
I don’t beleive that.
There is reportedly a huge volume which is beginning to be mined in the Atacoma, just north east of Antofagasta, Chile. The capitalistic Chileans would hardly hand it over to the Chinese.