Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

OPTEL has partnered with test, inspection and certification specialist Bureau Veritas to create a comprehensive traceability service called V-Trace, which companies and government regulators can use to follow products through their supply chains, from extraction of the raw materials to final assembly. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

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Teslarati

MAY 16, 2023

16:37 CT – A shareholder asks about Cybersecurity, and what Tesla is doing to protect itself and its products. 16:32 CT – Another shareholder asks about Cybertruck’s target production, and if Musk is looking to step down as CEO. As for Cybertruck’s production, Musk stated that production would follow an S curve.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Topics that will be discussed by the company remain to be seen, though questions submitted to Say , an Investor Relations platform, include inquiries about a potential stock split, Cybertruck production, dividends, and 4680 cell production. Energy, in general, got shortchanged since we were focused on Model 3 production.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

China dominates the global Li-ion battery supply chain to the extent that removing the country in favor of European or North American alternatives will be difficult, according to analysis by Benchmark Minerals Intelligence. Despite mining less than 10% of the global supply, China refines 95% of it.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Volkswagen says that it is actively engaging in improving artisanal cobalt mining conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as the living conditions for people in the surrounding communities. Cobalt is an important raw material for the production of electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

The Cobalt Institute’s Cobalt Market Report 2021 , prepared by CRU, confirms the role of cobalt as one the key commodities of the green future, due to the rapid growth of the lithium-ion battery market and a strong global uptake of electric vehicles. China remained the largest refiner of cobalt globally (72% of total primary production).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Although there is no scarcity of reserves for these energy transition minerals, global capabilities for mining and refining them are limited. Supporting policies will allow developing countries realise new business opportunities and could improve resilience while keeping the global decarbonisation agenda on course.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

The Cobalt Institute commissioned Roskill to look at the global trends in cobalt consumption, supply and production in 2020. Cobalt mine production (mainly in the DRC) as a by-product of copper mining results in the production of a Cu-Co concentrate. Source: Cobalt Institute.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

Glencore, one of the world’s leading producers of cobalt, produces cobalt mainly as a by-product of copper mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but also as a by-product of nickel mining in Australia and Canada. The Benchmark webinar was part of the Cobalt Institute Conference on 19 May 2021.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The cross-industry initiative “Cobalt for Development” has started trainings for twelve artisanal mining cooperatives in October in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). —WEF, “Making Mining Safe and Fair: Artisanal cobalt extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As part of a cross-industry initiative, the BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Cobalt is a key component in the production of batteries for the automotive and electronics industries.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

for the supply of spodumene concentrate (SC6) from the Manono Lithium and Tin Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Under the offtake agreement, Yibin Tianyi will purchase up to 200,000t per annum of SC6 for an initial 3-year term following commencement of production with an option to extend for an additional two years.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2021

Fastmarkets reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate. The DRC exported around 50kt of gross weight Co concentrate to China in 2020 (96% of global exports). In 2013, after reversing the decision, the government put heightened taxes on cobalt concentrate exports in place.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has become a member of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) to underscore FREYR’s commitment to developing a sustainable global battery industry. We are undergoing a major energy transition, moving from fossil fuels to battery-powered technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Cobalt Forecast now suggests that cobalt production in the country could increase more than thirty-fold this decade. This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

Black mass production is the first step in the battery recycling process and is based on mechanical treatment of the batteries. However, process scrap makes up the majority of the global scrap pool in China, due to the large number of battery gigafactories in production. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2020

Preliminary findings included as part of the brief: The greenhouse gas emissions benefits of EVs are clear and will grow as global electricity supplies become increasingly less carbon-intensive. The structure of the supply chain also adds to batteries’ life-cycle emissions, just as it does for petroleum.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The NGO Pact works alongside local communities in nearly 40 countries to eradicate poverty, notably by making artisanal and small-scale mining formal, safer and more productive. This partnership responds to the will of the Government through its initiative for the defence and promotion of national artisanal production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Roughly 60% of mined cobalt is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Demand for these vehicles and their batteries is growing swiftly: In 2018, the global electric car fleet numbered in excess of 5.1 The paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

A global EV pioneer and one of the world’s leading battery makers are also part of the pilot. Assured through blockchain technology, the solution is an industry partnership between EV supply chain majors aiming to accelerate sustainable practices for every unit of cobalt mined, processed and used in end products.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

The Group is evaluating technical solutions offered by engineering firms BGRIMM Technology Group from China and Outotec from Finland, which will allow for the production of both NCM 6:2:2 and NCM 8:1:1 precursors depending on market conditions. The Group is planning to develop the plant in two phases.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Ford is working with its international nonprofit and grantmaking partners to support and promote a pilot program that will empower women working in the copper and cobalt supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Democratic Republic of Congo, a leader producer of cobalt, exported approximately 70% of global demand in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

EERE is specifically interested in information on raw minerals production and refining and processing of cathode materials including cobalt, lithium, and nickel. Bottleneck in the battery critical materials supply chain between upstream raw materials production and refining and midstream material processing and component fabrication.

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APRIL 1, 2023

Jervois Global Limited will suspend final construction and full concentrator commissioning at its 100%-owned Idaho Cobalt Operations mine (ICO) in Idaho ( earlier post ) due to continuing low cobalt prices and US inflationary impacts on construction costs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

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. Our aspiration is very clear: we want our products to contain only raw materials that have been mined and produced without human rights violations. —Markus Schäfer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

The coming electric vehicle boom will significantly increase the demand for cobalt in the EU and globally. Cobalt is necessary for the production of the most common types of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. Annual cobalt production in the EU is around 2,300 tonnes, while demand is already about nine times higher.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This, coupled with better than expected demand for portable electronics applications, linked to home working, and mobility products such as eBikes, has seen the sentiment for the outlook for cobalt demand from the battery supply chain improve considerably from where it stood at the start of the pandemic in early 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform and assured by RCS Global Group, RSBN will have continued participation from founding members including Ford Motor Company, Volkswagen Group, LG Chem and Huayou Cobalt. Nicholas Garrett, CEO of RCS Global Group.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the annual increase in global oil consumption slows dramatically in the years ahead. Roughly 62 percent global cobalt output is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. By 2030, oil demand could hit a peak and then enter decline, according to a new report. mb/d this year.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2023

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday suggested that China uses slave labor in the production of lithium as he discussed Canada’s efforts to ramp up production of the critical metal used in electric vehicle and other batteries. Last year, a U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

Lithium production currently requires huge quantities of water in otherwise arid areas (salt flats in Argentina and Chile), or by exposing source material to high temperatures (China and Australia)—a process that consumers large quantities of energy. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) supplies about 70% of cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Cobalt is one of the key components in production of electrified vehicles and is used in significant quantities in high-voltage batteries for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Although cobalt is not termed a conflict mineral, around 50% of global cobalt reserves are locatedin the DRC.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2022

But they’re up against the challenge of our global-warming time: dauntingly tight supplies of both batteries and the ethically sourced raw materials required to make them. The global giant is determined to cut its battery costs by half in entry-level models, and by 30 percent in mid-priced cars.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2022

For example, in Nigeria, Glencore and Glencore’s UK subsidiaries entered into multiple agreements to purchase crude oil and refined petroleum products from Nigeria’s state-owned and state-controlled oil company. operated a global commodity trading business, which included trading in fuel oil. The Commodity Price Manipulation Case.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

This is the sum of the emissions from raw materials, production, shipping, operation and end-of-life disposal – not just how clean it is to operate. Battery production is known to be the most energy-intensive part of the manufacturing process of an EV. In 2021, Global EV purchases jumped to 6.6

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