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

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. In 2022, Benchmark forecasts 70% of all batteries will be made in China.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and four national laboratories have devised a way to make lithium-ion battery cathodes without using cobalt. This achievement resolves long-standing safety and stability concerns around high-nickel battery materials, paving the way for broad-based commercial applications.

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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). Source: BNEF.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 8, 2023

The transition to electric mobility presents a major opportunity for the African continent to leapfrog into the age of electric mobility, allowing most of the continent’s population to bypass the ICE age. Africa’s low motorization rates compared to other parts of the world makes this highly probable.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Currently, the focus is particularly on the battery raw materials cobalt and lithium. In the coming generations of battery cells, the cobalt content is already being reduced to less than ten percent. The further optimization of recyclability and its implementation at Mercedes-Benz is also part of the holistic battery strategy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

The major drive for this growth was the demand for cobalt in lithium-ion batteries. Demand for cobalt in lithium-ion batteries, used chiefly in portable electronics and electric vehicles, has increased at an annual rate of 10% between 2013 and 2020. Source: Cobalt Institute.

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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. Refinement of materials—both critical and not—for battery cathode.

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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. 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

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Cobalt is necessary for the production of the most common types of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. On the one hand, more than half of the worldwide supply (126,000 tonnes) is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rising prices may impact battery production. Cobalt prices have tripled between 2015 and 2018.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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. The Democratic Republic of Congo produced 59% of the world’s cobalt. The Democratic Republic of Congo produced 59% of the world’s cobalt.

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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.) Lower lithium prices.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading diversified natural resources group, is assessing the construction of a battery material plant to produce nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) precursor materials for batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). The expansion will be defined depending on market conditions.

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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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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Lithium-ion battery recycling took a big step forward this week, as a Hawaiian utility announced it is undertaking one of the biggest examples of grid-storage recycling in North America to date. As such, it sets the stage for an expected rise in stationary battery storage recycling in the future.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Traceability is becoming a critical function in the EV industry, thanks to the “Buy American” requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and similar provisions in the EU’s new Battery Directive. Because EV and battery manufacturing is very complex and it’s a very long process.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Traction batteries and motors in electric vehicles (EVs) are very different than the powertrain components of the internal-combustion engine vehicles they replace. Battery Cell Materials. It is also a very expensive material with its supply and mining confined to a large majority in China and the Democratic Republic of 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. Cobalt is a key component in the production of batteries for the automotive and electronics industries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

An editorial in the journal Nature calls on policy makers, industry leaders and researchers to mitigate quickly the environmental and human costs of Li-ion batteries. The market for Li-ion batteries is projected to grow from $30 billion in 2017 to some $100 billion in 2025. As batteries improve, they will last longer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The country’s government and the mining sector are determined to transform its nickel industry to meet the rising demand for Class 1 nickel, a crucial component for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.). This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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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., In its current form, the production conditions are causing many automotive manufacturers to question their reliance on cobalt in battery technology. ASM cobalt value chain in the DRC. Source: Roskill.

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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. The BMW Group does not procure any cobalt itself; it only comes into contact with this raw material through the purchase of battery cells, for example.

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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). Australia-based AVZ Minerals Limited has secured a strategic, long-term offtake partner agreement with Yibin Tianyi Lithium Industry Co.,

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

Lithium — the ultra-light metal used in electric-vehicle batteries — has plunged more than 80% from a late-2022 record, as the market whiplashed from shortage fears to a mountain of surplus inventories. Battery metals have been a bright spot for the mining industry in recent years. Chemaf Resources Ltd. and General Motors Co.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Jervois intends to be capable of supplying refined nickel and cobalt products to customers across a range of industries including specialty stainless steels, nickel and cobalt superalloys, cathode precursor, lithium-ion battery and electric vehicles manufacturers. SMP Refinery restart scenarios.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

A battery electric vehicle (BEV) uses an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine. These vehicles use large traction battery packs to power the motor. EV MYTH ONE: Manufacturing EVs is just as bad for the environment as ICEVs. Vehicle manufacturing is an energy-intensive process.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

IHS Markit projects that electric vehicles (including battery, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell electric) will comprise 60-80% of all new car sales in 2050. of new car sales in 2020, according to IHS Markit data) will be driven by greater scale in manufacturing, as well as the continued improvement of batteries.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2023

By far, cobalt is the most difficult to acquire mineral required to make a battery for an electric vehicle. According to Tesla’s 2022 Impact Report, one of its primary sources of cobalt is, as defined by the United Nations, the poorest country on Earth, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

They simply can’t ramp up production quickly enough, and this is not only because of the time and investment it takes to build new factories and repurpose production lines—the companies are also dealing with frustrating shortages of batteries and other components. Farewell to falling prices.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The automaker also plans to apply RSBN to other key minerals found in its batteries, including nickel and lithium in the future. Expanding this network beyond cobalt to other battery minerals will compound the RBSN’s positive impact on human rights protection and labor practices. Achievements of pilot test phase.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

Fuel Cell Technology May Win Over Batteries. Batteries pose a few key challenges alternative electric vehicle power sources could resolve. The Challenges of Batteries. The bigger they are, the harder electrifying with batteries becomes as Caterpillar found with this 36-ton excavator (photo: Ole Henrik Johansen/Tek.no).

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

A battery electric vehicle (BEV) uses an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine. These vehicles use large traction battery packs to power the motor. EV MYTH ONE: Manufacturing EVs is just as bad for the environment as ICEVs. Vehicle manufacturing is an energy-intensive process.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. —Allan Ray Restauro, metals and mining analyst at BNEF and lead author.

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