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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. It’s mainly driven by the electric vehicle market penetration and battery technology development.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla 2023 Cyber Roundup (Annual Shareholder Meeting)

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“We expect to complete the engineering and design of the next-gen roadster this year. 16:20 CT – A longtime retail investor asks about Tesla’s plans to secure lithium supply. “The top two most desirable companies on Earth for engineers were SpaceX and Tesla… Where are the most smartest and driven people are gonna work?

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

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Recommendations on how to complete the numerous global and domesticate systems engineering efforts across multiple industries required to carry out such policies in such a short time frame is conspicuously absent from LLNL’s report, however. You cannot change the sources from Congo, China and other places within two to three years.”

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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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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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JRC: Europe must take steps to boost supply of cobalt for EV batteries

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As a result, demand is expected to exceed supply already in 2020 and the EU must take steps to boost supply and curb demand without hindering the growth in electric vehicles, according to a new JRC (Joint Research Center) report. The report predicts that, under average conditions, demand will outgrow supply by 64,000 tonnes in 2030.

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Benchmark: Indonesia could become major cobalt producer; forecasts 30x boost

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This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo. Caldera Engineering explains that in the HPAL process, ore is mined and crushed to create a fine material. Indonesia’s nickel and cobalt are key components in global lithium ion battery supply chains.

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Missouri S&T professor: Green energy increases the need for mining and metals production

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That’s according to Dr. Michael Moats, professor and interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, who says reducing carbon emissions from energy systems in the United States will increase the need for metal production by two to six times per kilowatt of energy production.

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