Powering Electric Cars: the Race to Mine Lithium in America’s Backyard
At his small red brick farmhouse home near the Catawba river in the rural Piedmont region of North Carolina, Brian Harper is caught up in the dilemma facing America’s big push towards a future powered by green energy.
Energiespeich. Rohstoffe USAInside Clean Energy: In a World Starved for Lithium, Researchers Develop a Method to Get It from Water
A rare earth elements magnetic separation loop system at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The equipment is used to extract rare earth elements from brines. Credit: Andrea Starr/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Energiespeich. RohstoffeTiny cars and massive lithium deposits: The unlikely quest to build electric vehicles in Bolivia
On a map, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia’s largest city, looks like a dartboard. Ring roads emanate from the center like ripples, while radial roads pierce from the outskirts to the inner layers. It’s a city that was designed for cars — big cars.
Amerikas Rohstoffe Verkehr* UKRAINE WAR * Russia’s War in Ukraine Reveals a Risk for the EV Future: Price Shocks in Precious Metals
It was GM’s first all-electric Cadillac Lyriq, launched nine months earlier than scheduled and signaling that the automaker is charging full-speed-ahead on its transition to electric vehicles, despite tumultuous times.
Konflikte RohstoffeLithium: Sieg oder Pyrrhussieg gegen Bergbau-Konzern Rio Tinto
upg. Nach Demonstrationen in ganz Serbien ruderte die Regierung zurück und zog Lizenzen zur Gewinnung von Lithium zurück. Nach Angaben von Rio Tinto könnte die Mine in Serbien den Bedarf für eine Million Autobatterien decken.
Energiespeich. Rohstoffe‘We are afraid’: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom
A Guardian investigation into nickel mining and the electric vehicle industry has found evidence that a source of drinking water close to one of Indonesia’s largest nickel mines is contaminated with unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium (Cr6), the cancer-causing chemical more widely known for its r
Rohstoffe VerkehrRohstoff für Elektromobilität – Der Mann, der den Lithium-Schatz bergen will
Im Süden Österreichs liegen tief im Berg grosse Mengen Lithium. Der deutsch-australische Bergbauingenieur Dietrich Wanke will damit einen Teil des europäischen Bedarfs decken. Still und kühl ist es drin im Berg.
Energiespeich. RohstoffeA rush to mine the deep ocean has environmentalists worried
In a large building overlooking the sea in Kingston, Jamaica, national members of a little known international organisation are meeting for contentious talks that could open up the planet’s deep seabed to mining as soon as July 2023.
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