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It’s too late to China-proof the lithium supply chain – ET Auto

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billion) into a financing facility to support exports. Of the country’s two operating mines, one is owned by Beijing-based Sinomine Resource Group Co., Add in Zimbabwe, where Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Australia’s Liontown Resources Ltd. Even in Canada, Chinese money has been crucial.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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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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