Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain
A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.
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Paving the Way to Cleaner Nickel
A new T&E paper looks at the current nickel market globally, Europe’s potential, and the ways to source nickel sustainably.
We Don’t Need Nickel From Russia
We don’t need nickel from Russia. There is a critical need for nickel and other EV battery metals worldwide, but we don’t need to get it from Russia. In March 2022, Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas shared worries about Russia’s outsized role in the nickel supply chain for EVs. CNBC’s Phil … [continued]
The Metals Company Finishes Its Deep-Sea Research Campaign
The Metals Company (TMC) is focused on sourcing the critical metals and minerals needed for producing batteries for electric vehicles but in a unique way. TMC CEO Gerard Barron explained to me in an interview in August 2021 that the oceans are filled with three different types of metal. One … [continued]
Tesla & BHP Form An Alliance To Promote Sustainability In The Mining & Resources Sector
BHP announced that it and Tesla have announced a nickel supply agreement and that it will supply Tesla with nickel from its Nickel West asset in Western Australia. The company stated that this is one of the most sustainable and lowest carbon emission nickel producers in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg6W0tqZOe8 Financial … [continued]
Electric Car Batteries Need Far Less Raw Material Than Fossil-Fuel Cars — New Study
Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Sam Hargreaves An electric vehicle (EV) battery uses up just 30kg of raw materials with recycling compared to the 17,000 litres of petrol burned by the average car. That’s according to a new study that shows Europe’s current crude oil dependency far outweighs its … [continued]
Tesla May Buy Low-Carbon Nickel From Canada’s Giga Metals, Reuters Reports
It’s been reported in the past few days that Canadian miner Giga Metals may supply Tesla with low-carbon nickel, and that Tesla could even help with the development of a mine in some way (which could simply mean helping to finance the project).
Nickel & Lithium, Nickel & Lithium — What Are The Top Questions For Electric Revolution?
CleanTechnica has been digging into lithium and nickel like we never did before. Every revelation or learning session opens up several more questions. This week, I will again be talking with the boys at RK Equity about both metals.
Is Nickel The New Gold? Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Comments Inspire Interest In Nickel
In the popular imagination, lithium is the element that powers EVs. However, as Elon Musk has pointed out, the term “lithium-ion batteries” is something of a misnomer, because they don’t really contain that much lithium. However, meeting the expected surge in demand for element #28 may not be so easy, because of various supply-side issues. In a recent interview with Kitco News, Michael Beck, Managing Director at Regent Advisors, said he sees something of a “perfect storm” brewing in the nickel trade.
The Battery & Mining Catch-22 Threatening The EV Revolution
Electric vehicles need batteries, and it takes one or two years to get a battery production plant up and running. However, something that is often forgotten is that you don’t make batteries out of thin air.
