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Roskill: Cobalt demand to grow steadily over the next decade

Green Car Congress

Since the commercialization of Li-ion batteries in early 1990s, it has been consumer electronics that has underpinned cobalt demand. The battery industry has been less affected, owing to rising EV sales in Europe in H1 and expected recovery in 3C and EV sales in China in H2.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

Charged EVs

The Inflation Reduction Act requires, to receive the incentives, restrictions on where the critical minerals come from, where they’re processed, etc, so we’re looking at Canada, Brazil, Australia, we’re looking at Southern Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, for alternate sources of the raw material. John DeMaio: Except for China.

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