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Lithium, cobalt, graphite and nickel used in electric vehicles sit on an intersection between commodity and speciality chemicals, creating a new asset class of their own. For many years now, the lithium ion battery to electric vehicle supply chain has relied on Benchmark Mineral […]",[809],{"slug":574,"name":575,"content":810},{"job_title":577,"image":811,"bio":580,"linkedin":581},{"filename":579},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"9edc1899-5902-44d0-851a-b197ffb5050d\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[815],{"slug":816,"name":817},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals","private",{"id":49,"alt":820,"name":820,"focus":820,"title":820,"source":820,"filename":821,"copyright":820,"fieldtype":822,"meta_data":823,"is_external_url":51},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/6fc61b8dc9/bm-lithium-ion-cells.jpg","asset",{"alt":820,"title":820,"source":820,"copyright":820},"Feb 10, 2022","10th February 2022",[],[],1792773929661]