Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2023
The energy transition requires a massive increase in the supply of critical materials, yet supply chains remain vulnerable to a range of geopolitical risks. Supply disruptions could impact the speed of the energy transition in the short to medium term, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) warns.
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2020
For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In Chile, lithium mining uses nearly 65% of the water in the country’s Salar de Atamaca region—one of the driest desert areas in the world—to pump out brines from drilled wells.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 29, 2022
This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo. These fines are mixed with water to create a slurry which is then preheated. Indonesia’s nickel and cobalt are key components in global lithium ion battery supply chains.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 18, 2020
The BMW Group has commissioned two US universities to conduct a scientific analysis of water consumption in the lithium extraction process. Both BMW Group and BASF SE are already working successfully together with other partners in the “Cobalt for Development” project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2021
Extracting the raw materials, mainly lithium and cobalt, requires large quantities of energy and water. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) supplies about 70% of cobalt. But this increase is not itself cost-free … Lithium-ion technology has downsides—for people and the planet.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Jervois intends to be capable of supplying refined nickel and cobalt products to customers across a range of industries including specialty stainless steels, nickel and cobalt superalloys, cathode precursor, lithium-ion battery and electric vehicles manufacturers. Jervois has not included this conversion into its current development plans.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The supply of metals like cobalt, copper, lithium, and nickel needed for batteries is already shaky , and soaring demand for the hundreds of millions of batteries in the coming decades is likely to trigger shortage and high prices. China processes about 80 percent of battery raw materials, creating a chokehold on global supplies.
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