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 Congress

JULY 4, 2020

For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In the DRC, this would mean building processing plants and refineries that would add value and, potentially, jobs within the country.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Source: Geopolitics of the Energy Transition: Critical Materials The report also highlights the opportunity to rewrite the script for extractive commodities and build the momentum for more inclusive, ethical, and sustainable value chains. Schematic representation of a mineral- or metal-dependent value chain.

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2020

Diagram of the EV battery supply chain from “ Building A Sustainable Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chain ”. CLEE and NRGI will release a full report later this year building on these findings and offering policy recommendations to address key risks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Much of current production comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is refined by China. In his testimony before the committee members, Moats recommended that the federal government create a mining and metallurgy innovation center to foster research and build interest in critical metals production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2018

The transactional flow of Mintrax is based on COBC’s operational experience trading certified-conflict-free metals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and work with due-diligence program design firm BetterChain, as well as DLT’s deep-bench supply chain and logistics experience with IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric blockchain.

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Electrek

JUNE 29, 2021

Democratic Republic of Congo will build two solar farms in the copper- and cobalt-rich southeast. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Caterpillar agrees to develop all-electric mining machines for Nouveau Monde Graphite.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

In initial testing, the RSBN blockchain demonstrated how cobalt produced at Huayou’s industrial mine site in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could be traced through the supply chain to LG Chem’s cathode and battery plant in South Korea, and then to its final destination, a Ford plant in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings, with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nepal rounding out the bottom five. In general, high scorers exhibit long-standing commitments to protecting public health, preserving natural resources, and decoupling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from economic activity.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The Swiss mining giant is the world’s largest trading house and producer of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Australia, and Canada. The EV manufacturer had concerns over Glencore’s compatibility with Tesla’s environmental goals. .

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

The low prices are making it harder for mine builders to raise money from more traditional sources as well, at a time when the industry is also grappling with rampant inflation driving up the cost to build new projects. Building new mines takes years and sometimes decades, and stalled projects can often be hard to restart.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In addition to nickel and cobalt electrolysis, the flowsheet and site encompasses leaching and neutralization, nickel purification, crystallization and evaporation, cobalt extraction, utilities, cutting and packing, electrical, maintenance, an industrial waste-water treatment plant and a sodium sulfate crystallization building.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

These low values underscore the potential impact of population ageing on the labor market and economic performance, as well as the fiscal pressures that many countries will face in the coming decades as they seek to build and maintain public systems of health care, pensions and social protection for older persons.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2022

At Volkswagen’s live-streamed “Power Day” in March —a seeming hat-tip to Tesla’s “Battery Day” spectacle —CEO Herbert Diess set off his own Muskian frenzy by announcing VW would build a half-dozen gigafactories in Europe by 2030, with a total of 240 gigawatt-hours of capacity. VW is already building EV factories in Tennessee and China.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2022

Tesla noted that it would continue to expand access to hiring opportunities for underrepresented communities by building community partnerships, pushing training programs, and more. Environment. Tesla noted that its solar panels had generated more electricity than has been consumed by its vehicle fleet and factories between 2012 and 2021.

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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. Recycling to the rescue. Greening the supply chain.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accounts for approximately 70% of the world’s cobalt mine production and holds almost 50% of the world’s known reserves.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accounts for approximately 70% of the world’s cobalt mine production and holds almost 50% of the world’s known reserves.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Countries such as Indonesia, Chile, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo are looking to reverse this trend by using their raw materials competitiveness as an advantage to attract downstream investment across the supply chain.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Most EV owners recharge their cars at home or at work, meaning that chargers need to be available in garages, driveways, on-street parking, apartment building parking areas, and commercial parking lots. For example, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) holds about 50 percent of the world’s cobalt reserves.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

For this pilot based on a simulated sourcing scenario, Cobalt produced at Huayou’s industrial mine site in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be traced through the supply chain as it travels from mine and smelter to LG Chem’s cathode plant and battery plant in South Korea, and finally into a Ford plant in the United States.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 6, 2023

BYD BYD (Build Your Dreams), based in China, is a leading manufacturer of electric vehicles and batteries. The majority of cobalt production occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where ethical and environmental issues have been raised. Cobalt Cobalt is another essential element in electric vehicle batteries.

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