Could the Energy Transition Become Its Own Source of Critical Minerals?

Could the Energy Transition Become Its Own Source of Critical Minerals?

The global energy transition is creating a problem that could increasingly undermine its own momentum: the enormous quantities of minerals needed to electrify economies may be harder to secure than the technologies that depend on them. Electric vehicles require lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and copper. Solar panels depend on silicon, silver, aluminium and other materials. […]