Resilinc

DECEMBER 13, 2021

In the competition to source critical minerals, there are few commodities as strategically important as cobalt. Like Resilinc’s EventWatch supply chain disruption monitoring service, CommodityWatch AI monitors over 4 million data sources in more than 100 languages to identify trends that may affect supply, demand, and pricing of commodities.

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Resilinc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which supplies most of China’s and the world’s cobalt raw materials, is also the focus of intense scrutiny over child labor in cobalt mining, according to the Wilson Center. The post Ethical sourcing risks pose challenge to electric vehicle market appeared first on Resilinc.

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Resilinc

JUNE 21, 2022

Less than four months ago, copper was setting record prices and experts were forecasting long-term supply gaps due to a collision between the growing demand for copper in clean-power technologies and the cost and difficulties of developing new mines. Where new copper sources will come from is an issue of major concern geopolitically.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 16, 2022

As covered previously on Resilinc’s blog (see Driving domestic production of critical minerals and Ethical sourcing risks pose challenge to electric vehicle market), the ESG concerns of activists and investors dovetail with the security worries of bipartisan leaders in the White House and Congress.

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NC State SCRC

APRIL 22, 2022

The authors then used industry sources to project demand and revenue for thee fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal) vs. seven “green” metals (aluminum, cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel, silver and zinc) that are critical to building an energy economy. Copper and nickel would require $250-300bn in capex before 2030.

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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

MARCH 13, 2019

Image source: “Electric Vehicle Outlook 2018 | Bloomberg New Energy Finance.” 3] The search for more raw materials has led suppliers to source irresponsibly from unstable emerging markets. Image source: ResearchGate. Image source: ResearchGate. Bloomberg NEF, 2018, about.bnef.com/electric-vehicle-outlook/#toc-download.

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Resilinc

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Growing scrutiny of ESG impacts of mining is strengthening demand for sustainably sourced metals —but IEA worries that “higher-performing supply chains may not be sufficient to meet demand.” Declining ore quality from Chile, the top producing country, will lead to higher energy usage and costs for processing, according to IEA.

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