White oil: the story and politics of lithium and how Australia became the world's greatest supplier

Lithium-ion batteries power everything from consumer goods, electric vehicles, large storage batteries and everything else we need to achieve net zero.

While China currently dominates the global supply chain for lithium batteries, it relies on Australia for the raw material.

But there are other players in the lithium market especially from South America, in a region known as the Lithium Triangle, which has one of the largest reserves on the planet.