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By @VisualCap | Unearth the megatrends shaping our future and the raw materials powering them.

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Lithium has become essential in recent years, primarily due to the boom in electric vehicles and other clean technologies that rely on lithium batteries 🔋 We've visualized the world’s largest lithium producing countries:
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The Largest Oil and Gas Companies in the World 🌍️
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Sizing Up: The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 🛢️
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Visualizing the Critical Metals in a Smartphone 📲
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Visualizing the Critical Metals in a Smartphone 📲 From our 2021 archives:
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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The cost of an electric vehicle (EV) battery pack can vary depending on composition and chemistry 🚙🔋 In this graphic, we use data from Benchmark Minerals Intelligence to showcase the different costs of battery cells on popular electric vehicles.
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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Visualizing China’s Dominance in the Solar Panel Supply Chain ☀️
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What Are the Five Major Types of Renewable Energy? ☀️ Find out more:
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Visualizing China’s Dominance in Battery Manufacturing (2022-2027P) 🔋
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Visualizing the Metals You Can Buy with $1,000 💵
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The Critical Minerals to China, EU, and U.S. National Security 🌐
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Visualizing Global EV Production in 2022, by Brand 🚗
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The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 🛢️
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What Are the Five Major Types of Renewable Energy? ☀️ Find out more:
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The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 🛢️
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Sizing Up: The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 📊
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Copper Producers 🌎
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De-Dollarization: More Countries Seek Alternatives to the U.S. Dollar 💵
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Where Does Aluminum Come From? 🥫 See the breakdown of the three stages that make up aluminum production:
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How Is Aluminum Made? ⛏️
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Visualizing the Critical Metals in a Smartphone 📲 From our 2021 archives:
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Visualizing China’s Dominance in Battery Manufacturing (2022-2027P) 🔋
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Visualizing Global EV Production in 2022, by Brand 🚗
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What Are the Five Major Types of Renewable Energy? ☀️ Find out more:
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What Electricity Sources Power the World? ⚡️
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The Key Minerals in an EV Battery 🔋
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Mapped: Asia’s Biggest Sources of Electricity by Country 💡
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Visualizing the Metals You Can Buy with $1,000 💎
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For millennia, metals have been purchased and relied on for decorative and industrial uses, figuring out their values based on their practical applications and visual luster 💎 We've visualized how much of each metal you can buy for $1,000 USD:
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Rare Earth Elements: Where in the World Are They? 🌎️ From our 2021 archives, find out more:
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Copper Producers ⛏️
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Where Does Aluminum Come From? 🥫 See the breakdown of the three stages that make up aluminum production:
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The International Energy Agency predicts that Asia will account for half of the world’s electricity consumption by 2025 ⚡️ To explore how this growing electricity demand is currently being met, we've mapped Asia’s main sources of electricity by country:
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Sizing Up: The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 🛢️
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Iron Ore Producers 🔥
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Copper Producers ⛏️
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Visualizing Global Gold Production in 2023 🪙
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Visualized: What is the Cost of Electric Vehicle Batteries? 🚙🔋
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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The Top 10 Best and Worst-Performing Commodities of 2022 📊
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Visualizing the Key Minerals in an EV Battery 🔋
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Iron Ore Producers 🔥
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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Visualizing 50 Years of Global Steel Production ⚙️ From our 2021 archives:
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Visualizing China’s Dominance in Battery Manufacturing (2022-2027P) 🔋
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Where Does Aluminum Come From? 🥫 See the breakdown of the three stages that make up aluminum production:
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Top Countries by Fossil Fuel Consumption in 2023 🏭️
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The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 🛢️
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All the Metals We Mined in One Visualization ⛏️
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Iron Ore Producers 🔥
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What Are the Five Major Types of Renewable Energy? ☀️ Find out more:
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Visualizing the Metals You Can Buy with $1,000 💵
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Steel-Producing Countries 🔩
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The History of Energy Transitions ⚡️
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Visualizing the Critical Metals in a Smartphone 📱
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The World’s Biggest Oil Producers in 2023 🛢️
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What Electricity Sources Power the World? ⚡️ Note: the source, The Statistical Review of World Energy, excludes hydroelectric energy in their renewable calculations.
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2022 was another historic year for EVs, with annual production surpassing 10M cars for the first time ever 🚗 Visualized are the top 15 brands by output—the color of each represents their growth from 2021, with darker shades depicting a larger increase:
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What Electricity Sources Power the World? ⚡️ Note: the source, The Statistical Review of World Energy, excludes hydroelectric energy in their renewable calculations.
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The Top 10 Best and Worst-Performing Commodities of 2022 📊
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Top 10 Countries by Gold Reserves in 2024 🪙
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While many countries have made progress in their energy transition, nearly half of Europe is still dependent on fossil fuels ⛽️ This graphic maps out Europe's top source of electricity generation by country:
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Ranked: The World’s Largest Lithium Producers in 2023 🔋
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Copper Producers 🌎
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Rare Earth Elements: Where in the World Are They? 🧐 From our 2021 archives, find out more:
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Steel-Producing Countries 🌏️
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Mapped: Asia’s Biggest Sources of Electricity by Country ⚡️
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Mapped: Europe’s Biggest Sources of Electricity by Country ⚡️
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Lithium Prices Surge on EV Demand from China 💰
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Ranked: The World’s Top Cotton Producers 🌾
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Rare Earth Elements: Where in the World Are They? ⛏️
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The Top 10 Best and Worst-Performing Commodities of 2022 📊
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Where Does Aluminum Come From? 🥫 See the breakdown of the three stages that make up aluminum production:
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Mapped: Asia’s Biggest Sources of Electricity by Country ⚡️
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Visualizing 25 Years of Lithium Production, by Country 📈
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What Are the Five Major Types of Renewable Energy?
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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De-Dollarization: More Countries Seek Alternatives to the U.S. Dollar 💵
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Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. as Top Crude Oil Producer 🛢️
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The Key Minerals in an EV Battery 🔋
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Copper Producers ⛏️
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Visualizing Copper Production by Country in 2023 ⛏️
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Sizing Up: The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 🛢️
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What Electricity Sources Power the World? ⚡️ Note: the source, The Statistical Review of World Energy, excludes hydroelectric energy in their renewable calculations.
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Visualized: How the Oil and Gas Industry Spends Its Profits 💰️
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EVs vs. Gas Vehicles: What Are Cars Made Out Of? 🚗
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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Visualizing Global EV Production in 2022, by Brand 🚗
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Visualizing the World’s Largest Lithium Producers 🌏️
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Visualizing the Critical Metals in a Smartphone 📲
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A Visual Crash Course on Geothermal Energy ⚡️ See the full piece and learn more:
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How EV Adoption Will Impact Oil Consumption (2015-2025P) 🚘️
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What Electricity Sources Power the World? ⚡️ Note: the source, The Statistical Review of World Energy, excludes hydroelectric energy in their renewable calculations.
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Visualizing 50 Years of Global Steel Production 🔗
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Copper is a major industrial metal with many applications due to its high ductility, malleability, and electrical conductivity 🎖 But where does the copper we use come from? This graphic lists the world’s largest copper producing countries in 2021.
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The Oil Market vs Top 10 Metal Markets Combined 🛢️
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Mapped: Renewable Energy and Battery Installations in the U.S. in 2023 🔋
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