Europe has significant lithium reserves but only extracts a fraction of them. The estimated total lithium reserves in the EU amount to 5.8 million tons, which is comparable to China's 6.8 million tons. China is one of the world leaders in lithium mining (33,000 tons annually, ranking 3rd globally) and is the dominant global processor of lithium. In...
If the expectations of the medium variant for world population development according to the July forecast by the UN (World Population Prospects 2024) are fulfilled, the world population will reach its peak in 2084. However, the world will look different than we know it today. Half of humanity will be concentrated in the 10 largest countries...
The U.K. promised to pump an extra £75 billion into its defence budget over the next six years. The move will see the U.K. spend the equivalent of 2.5% of GDP per year on defence by the end of the decade. No.10 Downing Street said: "If all NATO countries committed at least 2.5% of their GDP to defence, our collective...
