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We all know that the price of Lithium increased drastically in recent years. Competition originally began with the rise in consumer electronics, but increased exponentially with the demand generated by the EV transition. This poses an issue for greases, where lithium soaps dominate the market by volume thanks to their "jack of all trades" performance.
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