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Key precursor for high-Ni NMC cathode (NMC811 is 80% Ni). Indonesia ~48% of mine output; China processes ~67% into battery-grade sulfate.
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What depends on it
1 essential American goods rely on nickel sulfate (battery grade) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Who makes it
1 company produce nickel sulfate (battery grade).
World's largest producer of palladium (~40% of global supply) and a major nickel and platinum producer; Russia-Ukraine war (2022) created palladium supply fears that spiked prices; major automotive catalytic converter raw material chokepoint
