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China uses more steel, cement, copper, nickel, and coal than the rest of the world combined. This chart shows China's incredible demand for commodities.
Though we now know tungsten as the strongest naturally-occurring metal, it wasn't discovered until late in the 18th century. Here's the history of tungsten.
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In Part 3 of The Battery Series, we look at the market for rechargeable batteries, as well as the exploding demand for lithium-ion batteries in particular.
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