Australia's renewable build runs through China — we dig it, they build it, we buy it back
Energy Realism
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Australia — digs up the raw materials China — refines & builds it→ raw ore out, finished panels & batteries back
~95%
of Australian spodumene shipped to China to refine
95%
of the world's solar polysilicon refined in China
90%
of battery-grade graphite processed in China