Teslarati

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Topics that will be discussed by the company remain to be seen, though questions submitted to Say , an Investor Relations platform, include inquiries about a potential stock split, Cybertruck production, dividends, and 4680 cell production. Energy, in general, got shortchanged since we were focused on Model 3 production.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Liane Randolph told Reuters that its 2035 EV mandate was the “sweet spot,” given “where the automakers are, where the supply chains are, and where the production vehicles are.” I don’t think that you can transform the mineral production and extraction within the next two to three years.

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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. The DRC produces more than 70% of the world’s cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

China dominates the global Li-ion battery supply chain to the extent that removing the country in favor of European or North American alternatives will be difficult, according to analysis by Benchmark Minerals Intelligence. Despite mining less than 10% of the global supply, China refines 95% of it.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

The energy transition requires a massive increase in the supply of critical materials, yet supply chains remain vulnerable to a range of geopolitical risks. Supply disruptions could impact the speed of the energy transition in the short to medium term, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) warns.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Glencore has entered a long-term strategic partnership for the supply of responsibly sourced cobalt with Britishvolt, a UK startup planning a Gigafactory ( earlier post ). Our commitment to support our partners in meeting their requirements for essential battery ingredients is key to underpinning long-term supply agreements.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Roughly 60% of mined cobalt is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Half of the current supply of cobalt is incorporated into cathodes for lithium-ion batteries, and many of those batteries are used in consumer electronics and electric vehicles. Xinkai Fu, Danielle N. Beatty, Gabrielle G. 9b04975.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expected to be the source for approximately 69% of mined cobalt in 2020—i.e., a significant quantity of the world’s supply originates from areas ranking poorly in terms of corruption and working conditions, notes critical materials supply chain intelligence company Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2020

UC Berkeley School of Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) and the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) are conducting a stakeholder-led research initiative focused on identifying strategies to improve sustainability and governance across the EV battery supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) announced a request for information (RFI) ( DOE-FOA-0002358 ) on challenges and opportunities in the upstream and midstream critical-materials battery supply chains. There is limited domestic production of Co and Li in the upstream supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Tested in real operating conditions, from upstream cobalt production facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to downstream electric vehicle production sites, the pilot will run until the end of 2021, with the roll-out of the final solution expected in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a result, demand is expected to exceed supply already in 2020 and the EU must take steps to boost supply and curb demand without hindering the growth in electric vehicles, according to a new JRC (Joint Research Center) report. Annual cobalt production in the EU is around 2,300 tonnes, while demand is already about nine times higher.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Michael Moats, professor and interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, who says reducing carbon emissions from energy systems in the United States will increase the need for metal production by two to six times per kilowatt of energy production. —Michael Moats.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

Supply also returned to growth in 2021, with mine supply rising 12% y/y to 160 kt, after falling in 2020. kt in 2021, 12% of the DRC’s total supply. kt in 2021, 12% of the DRC’s total supply. Primary refined supply increased 14% y/y to 144 kt.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

Glencore, one of the world’s leading producers of cobalt, 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. The Benchmark webinar was part of the Cobalt Institute Conference on 19 May 2021.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

While cobalt prices have shown positive signs of late, there are nuances within the market which highlight the key fundamentals that will likely decide cobalt’s future price trend—which is taking its cues less and less from the industrial metal supply chain, according to a new report from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

for the supply of spodumene concentrate (SC6) from the Manono Lithium and Tin Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Under the offtake agreement, Yibin Tianyi will purchase up to 200,000t per annum of SC6 for an initial 3-year term following commencement of production with an option to extend for an additional two years.

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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

MAY 22, 2021

The Cobalt Institute commissioned Roskill to look at the global trends in cobalt consumption, supply and production in 2020. Cobalt mine production (mainly in the DRC) as a by-product of copper mining results in the production of a Cu-Co concentrate.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

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

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Respect and protection of human rights and of the environment, all the way from the mine to the finished product, are decisive in this respect, the company said. The supply chains will in the future also be regularly monitored. The supply chains will in the future also be regularly monitored. —Markus Schäfer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has become a member of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) to underscore FREYR’s commitment to developing a sustainable global battery industry. In November, FREYR and Glencore announced a contract for recycled and sustainable supply of cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In 2017, Australia, Chile, and Argentina produced 91% of all lithium while the rest of the world supplied the remaining 9%. The Democratic Republic of Congo produced 59% of the world’s cobalt. Other lithium-ion battery materials, such as nickel, have a more even distribution of production throughout the world.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

Black mass production is the first step in the battery recycling process and is based on mechanical treatment of the batteries. However, process scrap makes up the majority of the global scrap pool in China, due to the large number of battery gigafactories in production. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Under the supply terms, EGC will ensure that the ore marketed by Trafigura complies with OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. Today’s announcement is very important for the Congolese artisanal cobalt sector. —Andrew Britton, Managing Director at Kumi.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Cobalt is one of the key components in production of electrified vehicles and is used in significant quantities in high-voltage batteries for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Investigations led by Amnesty International in 2016 highlighted linkage of cobalt production in the DRC to child labor.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2021

Re|Source, a solution to trace responsibly produced cobalt from the mine to the electric vehicle ( earlier post ), acknowledged the progress made by Tesla in implementing the pilot project across its supply chain. The final pilot across the entire Tesla supply chain is expected to take place in Q4 this year.

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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. If this material was, even temporarily, removed from the supply chain, there would be knock-on effects, Roskill said.

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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). The prevalence of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in the cobalt supply chain creates challenges for establishing responsible sourcing practices.

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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.

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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. Cobalt is a key component in the production of batteries for the automotive and electronics industries.

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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). —Sue Slaughter, purchasing material cost and supply chain sustainability director.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

ICO’s mineral resource and reserve is the largest and highest grade confirmed cobalt orebody in the US, and when commissioned will represent the country’s only primary cobalt mine supply. Cobalt is a critical mineral as declared by the US Government.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The Group is evaluating technical solutions offered by engineering firms BGRIMM Technology Group from China and Outotec from Finland, which will allow for the production of both NCM 6:2:2 and NCM 8:1:1 precursors depending on market conditions. The Group is planning to develop the plant in two phases.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2021

billion to expand production capacity of its Tenke Fungurume mine (TFM) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In July, the company started trial production from a 10k expansion at another site in the mine. China Molybdenum (CMOC) will invest US$2.51 Earlier post.). Mtpy for oxidized ores and 9.1 Mtpy for mixed ores.

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