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Electric cars need cobalt and copper, and Zambia’s president-elect wants to supply it

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Hichilema’s plan is to ramp up mining in particular to jump-start Zambia’s economy – and provide the rapidly growing electric vehicle battery industry with crucial cobalt and copper.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

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Those are the four that we are focused on because we think that the supply gap is the greatest and your estimate may vary depending upon your forecast of electric vehicle adoption. And the way that we fill that supply gap is by finding new deposits, new sources of those metals around the world. What am I missing?

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US releases signed MOU with Congo and Zambia to strengthen EV battery value chain

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Through this MOU, the United States will support the commitment between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to develop jointly a supply chain for electric vehicle batteries. Zambia is the world’s sixth-largest copper producer, and the second largest cobalt producer in Africa.

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Top 14 Electric Vehicle Motor Manufacturers in India: Driving Sustainable Mobility

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In this article, we will explore the electric vehicle motor manufacturers in India and the details of the industry that is spearheading the transition to sustainable mobility. Saggu Electrical Industries Saggu Electrical Industries was established in the year 1982 to manufacture and supply high performance Electrical Motors.

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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). Adesina.

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

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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. Brazilian mine. Agência Brasil/José Cruz. Source: UN.

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