A staff member checks monocrystalline silicon wafers at JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd., in Baotou, a city in China's Inner ...

Soaring demand for copper, lithium, and nickel could make the metals more valuable than oil and gas by 2050, Barclays said.

This article is authored by Ananya Raj Kakoti, scholar, international relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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