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Re:How Australia became the world’s greatest lithium supplier by dsfyu404ed on Friday November 11, 2022 @12:39PM (#33563925)
>Afghanistan is landlocked

Which is not that great if you intend to export raw bulk goods (e.g. ore). You really want to have ports for that. The extra few percent efficiency of ship vs rail makes a huge difference because margin is so thin.

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Re:How Australia became the world’s greatest lithium supplier by asdff on Friday November 11, 2022 @01:57PM (#33565084)
One of its neighbors will build out rail lines to their borders so they can take the position of lucrative refiner and exporter of a massive lithium reserve that only their infrastructure has good access to.
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