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The reality of green energy: “green metal” supply chains won’t be able to keep up

NC State SCRC

The Economist article provides some clues regarding the green metal supply chain and its capability to produce enough of the commodities required to power the electric conversion. The IEA predicts about a seven fold increase of such “green metals” by 2030. But where are the deposits of these “green metals”? The losers?

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Embracing the Digital Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

I will be speaking and working with clients in wonderful locations in Brussels, China, Germany, London, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa. As I drank a cup of coffee and waited, I reflected on the article I had just completed for the Institute of Supply Management. It is the same feeling that I had as a child getting ready for camp.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

According to the article: CBP hopes that using blockchain for the NAFTA and CAFTA certificates of origin will allow the agency to apply the technology toward getting more accurate information about the subject goods from the country of export and toward verifying that suppliers in other countries are compliant along with their U.S.

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Your Morning Coffee!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Article written by Julia Severins and originally published on [link]. But let´s start with the origin: the coffee seed grows best in a humid climate, with a stable temperature of approximately 25 degrees Celsius (approximately 77 degrees Farenheit), making Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Peru and other similar regions optimal growing locations.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

We promise that at the end of the article you will know where to sell. Linio is a Latin American marketplace with presence in 8 countries – Mexico, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Well, we understand that it can be a huge task while selecting marketplaces. But don’t worry. We’ve got you covered.

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Copper in flux

Resilinc

“Even if the price of copper were to double overnight, it would still be years before we had significant incremental production coming on,” said Richard Adkerson, CEO of Freeport-McMoran, the world’s largest publicly traded copper miner in a March 31 article by Bloomberg News.

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Shining a Light on the EV Supply Chain: A Poor Environmental and Human Rights Record

NC State SCRC

Silver Most of the world’s silver is in South and Central America, with Peru and Mexico two of the biggest providers.Metals such as Silver & Gold are often extracted from areas surrounding streams, rivers & lakes. This can lead to human rights violations, including forced labor, child labor, and environmental destruction.

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