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COVID-19 disruptions to tech-metals supply are a wake-up call

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  • Ata Akcil
  • Zhi Sun
  • Sandeep Panda

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The pandemic has temporarily closed mines, factories and borders and destabilized flows of cobalt, lithium and other metals that are crucial for batteries, wind turbines and solar panels.

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  • Ata Akcil & Zhi Sun & Sandeep Panda, 2020. "COVID-19 disruptions to tech-metals supply are a wake-up call," Nature, Nature, vol. 587(7834), pages 365-367, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:587:y:2020:i:7834:d:10.1038_d41586-020-03190-8
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-03190-8
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