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Ewweb Com Sites Ewweb com Files Uploads 2015 06 Ev Copper Graphic 600
Ewweb Com Sites Ewweb com Files Uploads 2015 06 Ev Copper Graphic 600
Ewweb Com Sites Ewweb com Files Uploads 2015 06 Ev Copper Graphic 600
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Electric Vehicles May Have Huge Appetite for Copper

July 1, 2015
Still wondering what impact electric vehicles might have on the electrical market? Check out this post from U.S. Global Investors’ Frank Talk Blog.

Still wondering what impact electric vehicles might have on the electrical market? Check out this post from U.S. Global Investors’ Frank Talk Blog…

“Leading the way in electric vehicle technologies, of course, is billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors, whose $5-billion Gigafactory is currently under construction in Reno, Nevada. When production begins on its lithium-ion batteries, it will consume biblical amounts of base metals and other raw materials—so much, in fact, that some analysts question whether world supply can meet demand.

“Besides needing a constant stream of lithium and nickel, the factory will consume a staggering 17 million tonnes of copper, 7,000 tonnes of cobalt (today, worldwide supply is 110,000 tonnes), 25,000 tonnes of lithium (about a fifth of worldwide supply), and 126,000 tonnes of raw graphite (a little over a third of global supply). To keep up with such demand, nine new graphite mines will reportedly need to be opened."

Read the full article at US. Global Investors