RE: Prem29 Mar 2021 20:50
Aker yr post a week ago..
The lithium boom is Only Just Getting Started22 Mar 2021 12:42
Muddled--quite agree,refinery is the missing piece of the jigsaw.
Moves must be taken to reduce the carbon footprint attached to many aspects of EV battery production.
I like your comment [dirty little secret]
Two driving factors which many on here wish to ignore;
Geopolitics
Environmental issues.
Some interesting reading below;
Focus areas and main activities
The focus areas for the European lithium strategy are substitution of critical and toxic materials in products, exploration and raw materials resources assessment, mining in challenging environments, increased resource efficiency in mineral and metallurgical processes, recycling and material chain optimization for end-of-life products, design of products and services for the circular economy. By pooling expertise in these fields plus additional expertise in predictive modelling, eLi will generate focused international cooperation and offer comprehensive advice to use lithium in a sustainable, responsible and economically sensible way regarding the following goals:
• Bottlenecks in the lithium and in particular lithium-ion battery value chain shall be identified and tackled.
• Strong global networks to respective mining countries shall be established.
• New European resources shall be examined.
• A semantic database sourcing all strategic relevant information concerning lithium resources, life cycle analyses as well as processing and application technologies shall be built up.
• Relevant knowledge for the European battery industry shall be generated and secured by targeted R&D, R&I and education activities.
This activity has received funding from the Eropean Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, under the Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
Acker
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