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UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

According the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), about 20% of cobalt supplied from the DRC comes from artisanal mines, where human rights abuses have been reported, and up to 40,000 children work in extremely dangerous conditions in the mines for meagre income.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Zambia Production

BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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).

Africa

Africa Supplies Emissions Poland

EV Driven

UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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