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Mexico forms state-run company to mine lithium: Litio para Mexico

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Lithium for Mexico will coordinate with the Undersecretariat of Energy Planning and Transition of the Ministry of Energy. million tons of identified lithium resources, ranking the country 10 th in the world behind Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, the US, Australia, China, Congo, Canada and Germany. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7

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DOE to award $30M for research to secure domestic supply chain of critical elements and minerals

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $30 million to support scientific research that will ensure US businesses can reliably tap into a domestic supply of critical elements and minerals—specifically rare earth elements (REE) and platinum group elements (PGE)—needed to produce clean energy technologies. (

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EGC enters trading agreement with Trafigura with the aim to transform the ASM cobalt mining sector in DRC

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For our country to benefit from the intrinsic value of cobalt, currently boosted by the development of carbon-free energies, it was essential that measures be taken to support the formalisation of this industry. We welcome this announcement and are excited at the prospect of supporting Trafigura’s agreement with EGC.

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CLEE, NRGI studying ways to improve sustainability and governance across EV battery supply chain

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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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Mercedes-Benz to source only battery cells with cobalt & lithium from certified mining sites; significantly reducing cobalt

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Respect and protection of human rights and of the environment, all the way from the mine to the finished product, are decisive in this respect, the company said. Currently, the focus is particularly on the battery raw materials cobalt and lithium.

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Jervois suspends final construction at Idaho Cobalt Operations

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However, the current US inflationary construction and cost environment, particularly at ICO’s remote location, has proven challenging for Jervois to manage effectively.

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Nature editorial: environmental and human costs of Li-ion technology must be addressed quickly

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Li-ion batteries currently are the indispensable enabling technology for electric vehicles and the electric grid, the latter due to the need to store energy from renewable sources. Extracting the raw materials, mainly lithium and cobalt, requires large quantities of energy and water.