Open this photo in gallery: Alumina is transformed into aluminium at the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter in Kitimat, B.C.Felipe Fittipaldi/Glode and Mail

Critical minerals make the modern world work. Minerals such as copper, nickel, lithium, graphite and cobalt are the building blocks of renewable energy projects and electric vehicles.

Mission Critical: Why The Globe is digging deep on critical minerals comes via ChinaTechNews.com.