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Benchmark: Africa’s lithium production to increase >10x this decade; potentially 12% of global supply

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Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast shows that the region is expected to account for just 4% of global mined lithium supply this year. However, by 2033 its market share is forecast to triple to 12% of global supply. In graphite—unlike in cobalt and lithium—non-Chinese companies are the dominant investors on the continent.

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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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per annum, global output is expected to triple between 2018 and 2022 to reach 154kt (metal content), as 86kt of new metal capacity comes on stream to meet the increasing demand for the metal for use in batteries in electric vehicles and smartphones. After moderate growth in lithium supply between 2010 and 2017 of 6.4%

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Comedy CAFE Clowns Crack Me Up

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How about if we give it to you in those big denomination Zimbabwe dollars? Maybe Bob the Putz should just stick to his “Global Warming is a Big Fat Hoax&# routine which made him comedy famous all around the world. Even MORE money for GM? Maybe some Washington Mutual stock instead?

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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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European cell manufacturers currently rely heavily on China for battery precursors. While there are notable leading electric-vehicle and cell manufacturers today, the sheer scale of growth expected in the coming decades means that there is inherent uncertainty over which companies and countries may come to dominate this new value chain.

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