A slice of scrubland in southern Portugal, a stone’s throw away from the city of Setúbal, could play a central role in Europe’s green transition. It’s where battery maker Northvolt is building its first lithium refinery, to purify and process a metal so critical for EV batteries that it’s dubbed "white gold" by the climate tech world.
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