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原材料それが何であり、地中のどこに位置するか
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鉱床実際にそれを担う鉱物
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鉱山採掘者と採掘方法
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処理破砕・浮選・製錬
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精製使用可能な純度への精製
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コンポーネントそれが形成する部品
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製品購入できる製品
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最終市場必要とする主体とその理由
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企業資産の所有者
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これらのページはチェーンの一般的な形を示す。特定の貨物——どの国が保有したか、各引き渡し時点の所有者は誰か、何が残されたか——については、
保管移転の経緯.
Lithium to Electric Vehicle
From a salt flat or a granite pegmatite to the pack under a car floor.
Copper to the Grid
From 0.5% rock to 99.99% cathode to the wire in a wall.
Rare Earths to Electric Motor
Seventeen near-identical elements, separated one at a time, ending as a magnet in a wheel.
Nickel to Battery Cathode
Two ore types, two processing routes, and a wall between them that took twenty years to break.
Sand to Semiconductor
Ordinary quartz to a crystal so pure that one stray atom in a billion is a defect.
Iron Ore to Steel
The largest material flow on Earth, and the hardest one to decarbonise.
Uranium to Electricity
Yellow powder to a fuel pellet the size of a fingertip that holds as much energy as a tonne of coal.
Phosphate to Food
A finite rock, a chemical plant, and the yield of every field on Earth.