The critical-mineral sector is braced for a nearly 100-fold rise in global demand for EVs.
That number looms large in the mind of Nigel Steward, chief scientist at the mining giant Rio Tinto. “We’ve got a big, big challenge on our hands,” he told me this week during a panel at the U.S.-Canada Summit hosted by the Eurasia Group and BMO in Toronto.
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