Tag: battery minerals
China Dominates Global Trade of Battery Minerals
China has a major role at each stage of the global battery supply chain and dominates interregional trade of minerals. China imported almost 12 million short tons of raw and processed battery minerals, accounting for 44% of interregional trade, and exported almost 11 million short tons of battery materials, packs, … [continued]
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EU Battery Due Diligence Rules: Are Carmakers Ready?
A new briefing assesses carmakers’ implementation of the EU Batteries Regulation due diligence obligations. As the world continues to shift to renewable energy systems and electric vehicles, which are key to achieving climate neutrality by 2050, ensuring sustainable and responsible battery supply chains is vital. The EU Batteries Regulation due … [continued]
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Grunge Meets Grid: How Pearl Jam’s Carbon Price Led Me to Battery ETFs
The world is electrifying at an accelerating pace, and while solar panels and wind turbines grab most of the headlines, the real power behind the transition lies buried in rocks and embedded in chemistry. Batteries and the critical minerals that go into them are the plumbing of the clean energy … [continued]
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Simon Michaux’s Purple Delusion: The Pseudoscience of Doom
Simon Michaux has built a reputation on painting an apocalyptic vision of the energy transition, but his work consistently collapses under scrutiny. I’ve personally taken apart his comically bad lithium supply projections and his metal demand doomsday scenarios, and each time, the pattern is the same — wild extrapolations that … [continued]
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New Battery Recycling Process From China Recovers 99.99% Of Lithium
New research in China and the US shows battery recycling can reduce emissions and energy usage dramatically.
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