Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2011

million tons of identified lithium resources, respectively, while Brazil, Congo, and Serbia each contain approximately 1 million tons. Among the other countries, identified lithium resources for Bolivia and Chile total 9 million tons and in excess of 7.5 million tons, respectively. China and Argentina total 5.4 million tons and 2.6

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 16, 2024

China is well known as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) market. More than half of the world’s EV sales have occurred there in recent years. It is a standard of the rapid, uplifting EV revolution. In 2023, 25% of auto sales in China were sales of full electric vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 9, 2009

The emissions goal, based on the recommendations of the IPCC, is far higher than what the U.S. Congress and President Obama are proposing, which is one reason Greenpeace came out against the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) bill that squeaked through the U.S.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

All the new gigafactories that will be building batteries in the coming years, they’re focusing on proof of origin, making sure that their material is not contaminated with material coming from unwanted areas, from China or from Congo for example, or partly produced with child labor.

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Teslarati

MAY 16, 2023

The shareholder notes that Tesla should have third-party checks for child labor in cobalt mining in Congo and forced labor in China. She highlights the issue of human rights and abuses in the EV maker’s supply chain. Tesla’s Impact Report has noted that the company is strictly auditing its supply chain.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A member of the Sisters of Good Shepherd New York cites the human rights impact of cobalt, a controversial material that still sees child labor in the Congo region. Credit: Tesla/YouTube. 14:56 PT – Viecha explains that the next “No” recommendation from Tesla involves additional reporting on human rights.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The other leading producers of critical minerals were Australia and South Africa with three critical minerals each and Congo (Kinshasa) with two critical minerals. China was the leading producing nation for 30 of the 50 critical minerals (including 14 lanthanides).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 11, 2023

Dr Hannah Ritchie of Our World in Data asserts that the rapidity of change will enable us to avoid the worst of the climate catastrophe that is currently building. In a recent Fully Charged podcast, she reiterated what others have said: eating a plant-based diet, using renewable energy, having no car (or, if necessary, an electric […]

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2023

Through this MOU, the United States will support the commitment between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to develop jointly a supply chain for electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Around 60% of the world’s cobalt supply comes from the mineral-rich Katanga Copper belt, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This field study provides novel and robust empirical evidence that the artisanal extraction of cobalt that prevails in the DR Congo may cause toxic harm to vulnerable communities. —Nkulu et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

miles) offshore Congo. Eni has been present in Congo since 1968 and today has an equity production of 105,000 barrels of oil per day in the country. Eni has been present in Congo since 1968 and today has an equity production of 105,000 barrels of oil per day in the country.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

You cannot change the sources from Congo, China and other places within two to three years.” You cannot change the sources from Congo, China and other places within two to three years.” Further, once a particular EV model reaches 200,000 in US sales , the EV tax credit is phased out. “I Pablo Di Si There are also income caps.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 27, 2024

New Delhi: The Democratic Republic of Congo and its Chinese investors have reached an agreement over their Sicomines copper and cobalt joint venture, they said in a statement on Saturday, with the Chinese investing up to USD 7 billion in infrastructure projects. of royalties annually to Congo , the statement said.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

First authors of the paper are Micheline Ngaki, a Fulbright Scholar from the Congo and a graduate student in genetics, development and cell biology at Iowa State; Gordon Louie, a research scientist at the Salk Institute; and Philippe. —Ryan Philippe, post-doc in Noel’s lab.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2021

More than half of the world’s cobalt currently comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has had a dismal record for protecting the environment and the well-being of the people who live and work around its mines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Volkswagen says that it is actively engaging in improving artisanal cobalt mining conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as the living conditions for people in the surrounding communities. Cobalt is an important raw material for the production of electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The cross-industry initiative “Cobalt for Development” has started trainings for twelve artisanal mining cooperatives in October in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). —WEF, “Making Mining Safe and Fair: Artisanal cobalt extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As part of a cross-industry initiative, the BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The world’s largest known reserves of this raw material are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2022

Just as the Middle East has been a strategic center in global oil politics, the Democratic Republic of Congo has become the epicenter for the raw materials needed for electric vehicles—especially cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Congo is advancing its position as a leading African oil producer and we are looking forward to renewing and cementing our partnership with our neighbor Equatorial Guinea, one of the leading oil and gas producers in the region, to fully leverage our hydrocarbon resources, stimulate production and bring energy security to the country.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The vast majority of cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); three-quarters of this is then processed by China. Lithium is typically shipped to China for conversion to lithium carbonate or lithium hydroxide. Almost 60% of lithium refining occurred in China, despite just 13% of lithium being mined there.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The Democratic Republic of Congo produced 59% of the world’s cobalt. Some key materials used for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries are lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and natural graphite, which come from more than 30 different countries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Additional minerals-rich countries in attendance included Argentina, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Glencore produces cobalt mainly as a by-product of copper mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but also as a by-product of nickel mining in Australia and Canada. Glencore is one of the world’s leading producers of cobalt; in 2020, Glencore produced 27.4 kt of cobalt at its assets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). However, a new report from UNCTAD warns that the raw materials used in electric car batteries are highly concentrated in a small number of countries, raising a number of concerns.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2021

China Molybdenum (CMOC) , a leading cobalt and copper producer, recently started trial production from its 10k expansion project at the Tenke Fungurume Mine (TFM) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). TFM mainly produces copper cathode and cobalt hydroxide. In 2020, TFM produced 182,597 tonnes of copper and 15,436 tonnes of cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Cobalt Forecast now suggests that cobalt production in the country could increase more than thirty-fold this decade. The HPAL process utilizes elevated temperatures (roughly 255 ?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Our mission is therefore as much in a perspective of the defence of our most vulnerable communities, as in the affirmation of the central positioning of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has 70 percent of the world reserves of this strategic mineral.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2021

Fastmarkets reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Ford is working with its international nonprofit and grantmaking partners to support and promote a pilot program that will empower women working in the copper and cobalt supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Democratic Republic of Congo, a leader producer of cobalt, exported approximately 70% of global demand in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Tantalex Lithium Resources, a Canada-based exploration and development stage mining company, received and executed a term sheet from Glencore International AG for a marketing offtake agreement for the lithium to be produced from its Manono Lithium Tailings Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

The Democratic Republic of the Congo remained the largest source of cobalt supply, accounting for 74% of the global mine supply and 87% (15 kt) of annual growth.Output from the artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) sector is estimated to have increased to 14.5 kt in 2021, 12% of the DRC’s total supply.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Australia (lithium), China (graphite, rare earths), Chile (copper and lithium), the Democratic Republic of Congo (cobalt), Indonesia (nickel) and South Africa (platinum, iridium) are the dominant players. Today, the mining of critical materials is highly concentrated in specific geographical locations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The mineral, which is chemically suited for the purpose of stabilizing lithium-ion battery cathodes, is mined almost exclusively in the Democratic Republic of Congo under abusive and inhumane conditions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

Cobalt prices have increased in China due to constrained supplies of cobalt hydroxide from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, due to logistical issues. Still, higher cobalt sulfate prices in China lifted cobalt payables in the market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Roughly 60% of mined cobalt is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. The element is often recovered as a byproduct from mining copper and nickel, meaning that demand and pricing for those other metals affects the availability of cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The FCA is a multi-stakeholder action platform committed to developing responsible and fair supply of artisanal mined cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo, creating and diversifying sustainable livelihoods for surrounding communities.

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