The Pentagon, pushing back against China’s dominance of the batteries used in electric vehicles, AI data centers, weaponry and almost everything else, is bolstering U.S. efforts to leapfrog well ahead of Chinese battery technology.

The Pentagon, pushing back against China’s dominance of the batteries used in electric vehicles, AI data centers, weaponry and almost everything else, is bolstering U.S. efforts…

Investors fled the stock of lithium mining companies in 2022 and 2023, when the metal’s price plunged about 90% and mines shut down globally. Now they have piled back into the…