DRC needs to dig deeper in mines for electric cars battery minerals
A man watches a conveyor belt loaded with chunks of raw cobalt at a plant in Lubumbashi, DR Congo, before it is exported, mainly to China, to be refined. PHOTO | AFP
Business and Technology Reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Media Group
Electric vehicle (EV) sales hit a record high in 2021, accounting for 10 percent of all vehicles sold globally and putting a strain on the scarce minerals — cobalt, lithium and copper — needed to make their batteries.
A report by Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) released on May 23 shows that 6.6 million electric vehicles were sold in 2021 bringing global sales to 16.5 million.
