Tag: cobalt
“The cobalt casts a shadow on the green car”
At a cobalt extraction plant in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 16, 2018. SAMIR TOUNSI / AFP LIs the combustion engine slowly dying? Renault is ready, in any case,…
Lithium, cobalt, nickel… Europe will not produce more than 30% of its energy transition needs in 2030
Julien Vattaire – 2022-01-11T06:46:22.839+01:00 A report alerts the French government. Interested in the “securing the supply of mineral raw materials”, this document shows that “dependency ratios will remain high, even…
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt buys Zimbabwean company Prospect Lithium for $ 422 million.
George Fang, executive vice president of Huayou Cobalt, told Reuters in September that the company was looking to invest in lithium mining and processing, as China’s largest cobalt refiner struggles…
Only eleven years left – cobalt is running out – new battery technology is needed
1,300 gigawatt hours of battery capacity would be required for 36 million new e-cars in 2030. But the known cobalt reserves were only sufficient for 11 years with the foreseeable…