The Sodium Revolution: How Cheap Salt Is Rewriting the Map of Global Resource Wars

Натрий-ионная батарея, vigiljournal.com

While the great powers carve up the Lithium Triangle of Latin America and US congressmen debate access to Bolivian mines, China’s CATL has quietly begun commercial production of sodium-based batteries. The geopolitics of resources will never be the same.

Sodium vs. Lithium: Not a Revolution, but a Quiet Coup

Aircraft Building Prospects

Перспективы авиастроения, vigiljournal.com

 The leader in modern aircraft construction is the USA with 53% of world market, the total volume of which is $155bn. Russia has its modest 3.4% and mainly due to military airplane sale. Nowadays 248 Russian enterprises relating to aircraft industry are under operation. Their proceeds came to more than 608bn rubles last year.