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The vast majority of cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); three-quarters of this is then processed by China. The majority of this comes either from Inner Mongolia where electricity is cheap, or Sichuan province where there is abundant hydroelectric power.

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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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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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Texas is top of The Metals Company's list for the processing plant given the state's ports and access to cheap renewables. "We The Democratic Republic of Congo produces 70 percent of the world's cobalt, and most of the world's nickel sits under Indonesian rainforests.

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Benchmark: China dominates Li-ion battery supply chain

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

Could Sucking Up the Seafloor Solve Battery Shortage?

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