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<title>Scalebar</title><link>https://scalebarhq.com</link><description>Data-driven explainers on how the world is really divided up.</description>
<item><title>OPEC Still Controls More Oil Than You Think</title><link>https://scalebarhq.com/opec-still-controls-more-oil-than-you-think-91720a7c.html</link><guid>https://scalebarhq.com/opec-still-controls-more-oil-than-you-think-91720a7c.html</guid><description>OPEC holds 80% of proven oil reserves and controls 50% of global supply via OPEC+, remaining the primary lever on global oil prices.</description></item>
<item><title>The Invisible Crop Powering 2 Billion People&#x27;s Diets</title><link>https://scalebarhq.com/the-invisible-crop-powering-2-billion-people-s-diets-c9ccc320.html</link><guid>https://scalebarhq.com/the-invisible-crop-powering-2-billion-people-s-diets-c9ccc320.html</guid><description>Indonesia and Malaysia control up to 90% of global palm oil exports, leaving a critical global food supply chain highly vulnerable to policy shocks.</description></item>
<item><title>One Country Controls 70% of the World&#x27;s Cobalt</title><link>https://scalebarhq.com/one-country-controls-70-of-the-world-s-cobalt-ea32cc61.html</link><guid>https://scalebarhq.com/one-country-controls-70-of-the-world-s-cobalt-ea32cc61.html</guid><description>The DRC produces roughly 70% of global cobalt, creating a massive chokepoint in the battery supply chain as 80% of it is shipped to China for processing.</description></item>
<item><title>One Country Controls 85% of Rare Earth Processing</title><link>https://scalebarhq.com/one-country-controls-85-of-rare-earth-processing-e09871d5.html</link><guid>https://scalebarhq.com/one-country-controls-85-of-rare-earth-processing-e09871d5.html</guid><description>China mines 70% of rare earths and refines 85%. Discover why the US and allies face a decade-long, multi-billion-dollar race to break this monopoly.</description></item>
<item><title>3 Countries Control Half the World&#x27;s Copper</title><link>https://scalebarhq.com/3-countries-control-half-the-world-s-copper-98757ac5.html</link><guid>https://scalebarhq.com/3-countries-control-half-the-world-s-copper-98757ac5.html</guid><description>With copper demand set to double by 2035, the concentration of mining in Chile and the DRC, and refining in China, poses major geopolitical risks.</description></item>
<item><title>The Country That Feeds the World&#x27;s Bread Basket</title><link>https://scalebarhq.com/the-country-that-feeds-the-world-s-bread-basket-0c9f7350.html</link><guid>https://scalebarhq.com/the-country-that-feeds-the-world-s-bread-basket-0c9f7350.html</guid><description>Russia and Ukraine control nearly a third of global wheat exports. Discover how Black Sea instability triggers massive food price shocks worldwide.</description></item>
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