{
  "id": 1990019,
  "title": "The world's battery boom depends on a supply chain that could snap at any time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/the-worlds-battery-boom-depends-on-a-supply-chain-that-could-snap-at",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:24:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/lithium-supply-chain-battery-boom-mining-bottlenecks-081726"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cheap batteries could lose their value proposition if mines can't produce the minerals they need. A shortage could upend whole industries",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}