CATL says mining is now the battery supply bottleneck: TT Technology

July 7, 2026

CATL says mining is now the battery supply bottleneck

China has a stranglehold on refining battery minerals, but customers such as Ford have warned that processing is a bigger constraint than mining. Read more…

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