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Ghana Greenlights First Lithium Mine with Eye on Electric Vehicle Boom
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources granted Barari DV Ghana Limited a 15-year lease on the mine.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- electric vehicles, mining
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A New $850 Million Route to Speed Up Congo’s Copper Exports
The project could ease the burden on strained existing infrastructure.
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- Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: South Africa’s Struggling State Logistics Company Is Strangling the Economy
The crisis around rail and ports compounds the problems created by rolling blackouts caused by inefficiencies at ailing electricity utility Eskom.
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- Technology, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Congo Plans New Copper-Cobalt Smelter to Serve Informal Miners
A US agreement to support a plan between Congo and neighboring Zambia to develop an electric-vehicle value chain was a key factor behind the firm’s decision to sign on to the smelter project.
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- Energy, Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Analysis: Indonesia’s EV Mission Will Be Trickier Than Just Mining Nickel
Southeast Asia’s biggest economy wants to use its booming battery-metals sector as a springboard to become a global player in electric vehicles.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- South Asia
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Analysis: ‘Global China’ Is a Big Part of Latin America’s Renewable Energy Boom, but Homegrown Industries Are Key
Lithium, essential for EV batteries, could be South America’s white gold.
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Latin America
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- electric vehicles, mining, renewable energy, solar, wind
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China’s BYD Joins Latin America Lithium Rush to Feed Electric-Car Switch
Brazil and Chile are key pillars in BYD’s regional push.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Latin America
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Avoiding the Resource Curse: Challenges — And Progress — in Harnessing ‘Green Mineral’ Wealth for the Benefit of Developing Countries
The growth of renewable energy has led to skyrocketing demand for the “green minerals” used in constructing and powering clean energy technologies. But as Leslie Tsai at the Chandler Foundation explains, despite this demand, the countries that are rich in green minerals and other natural resources are often among the poorest in the world — a paradox often called the “resource curse.” She explores how businesses, governments and other key stakeholders can ensure that these countries benefit from their natural resource wealth.
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- Energy, Technology
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