China
Strategic-intelligence chokepoint for critical-mineral refining.
CountryCritical Minerals
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Strategic profile
Industrial importance3/5
Initial score derived from current Atlas ecosystem coverage.
Strategic importance2/5
Initial score derived from relationship breadth and entity type.
Import dependency4/5
Foreign-origin entity in the current Atlas.
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Mapped relationships
- Owns / ControlsBattery-grade Lithium Refining- China refines 70% of global lithium chemicals and 95% of hard-rock lithium ore refining (IEA Outlook 2025).
- Owns / ControlsRare-Earth Separation and Refining (Solvent Extraction)- China refined 91% of global magnet-REE output in 2024 (IEA Rare Earth Elements report).
- Owns / ControlsSpherical Graphite Processing- China accounts for 99% of the global spherical-graphite market; ~80% of natural-graphite mining and >80% of coated spher
- Owns / ControlsCobalt Sulphate Refining- China's share rose from 74% (2023) to 78% (2024).