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Talison snapped up on bet of a battery-charged future
The world’s largest producer of lithium attempted a float on the Australian market in 2009, but withdrew because of a lack of interest. Now, it has been bought out for double that price in anticipation of a surge in demand for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, grids and solar storage (and iPads). -
The End of the Industrial Revolution
Despite the emergence of the smart phone, Facebook and Google, the economy is still being driven by belching smokestacks and is still being shaped by those who inherited the economic momentum of 19th century England – the coal, oil and gas industries. But after 250 years, their time is coming to an end – and faster than you, or they, think.
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