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Chinese battery makers Gotion High Tech, Sichuan Yahua and Guangzhou Tinci are investing in Morocco to secure phosphate for lithium iron phosphate battery cathodes. Morocco holds about 70% of known global rock phosphate reserves.
The article notes that concerns over phosphate access are driving these investments.
Battery-driven demand for phosphate competes with fertilizer uses and could keep phosphate rock prices firm, adding cost pressure for fertilizer buyers.
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