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EV Supply Chains May Be Dirtier Than You Think

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Materials like manganese mined in South Africa can have significant negative impacts on local communities and the people doing the mining. Many of the extraction locations are in poor parts of the world where the environmental safety and protections aren’t as strong as they are here. As The Washington Pos t points out, the U.S.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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South Africa and India have good iron ore reserves and the potential to produce a large amount of low-cost clean power. The Chinese steel industry intends to focus first on increasing recycling and energy efficiency before adopting early-stage technologies like hydrogen and carbon capture.

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