🇺🇸🇨🇳 US plans to disrupt cobalt and copper supply chain from Africa to China - Politico
These cells are used to produce 75% of the world's lithium-ion batteries in China.
🗒The US wants to disrupt this flow by helping the Congo and Zambia not only extract minerals, but also process, manufacture and assemble batteries from them.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2023/01/20/biden-turns-to-africa-to-counter-china-00078745
These cells are used to produce 75% of the world's lithium-ion batteries in China.
🗒The US wants to disrupt this flow by helping the Congo and Zambia not only extract minerals, but also process, manufacture and assemble batteries from them.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2023/01/20/biden-turns-to-africa-to-counter-china-00078745