The Drought Is Testing Commodities in China.
Rice, lithium and aluminum are affected by water shortages in China.
China is suffocating, like the rest of the world. The former Middle Kingdom is experiencing a historic heat wave, and one has to go back to 1961 to find traces of a drought of this magnitude. The Yangtze River is almost dry to the point of cracking in places. This extreme weather is not only having an impact on people, but also raw materials.
Rice, lithi…
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