Strategic metals: the energy transition at stake
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Rare earth oxides.
Clockwise from the top center: praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium.
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By: Romain Auzouy
21 mins
They are considered "the oil of the 21st century".
Lithium, cobalt, aluminum, copper: whether for electric vehicles or wind turbines, these minerals are increasingly essential.
And China has the biggest share of the pie.
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This raises a number of questions: are we really moving towards a green economy by depending on Chinese imports?
How can this market with considerable stakes be reorganized in order to make the energy transition a success?
With our guest
Karine Samuel
, professor at the University of Grenoble Alpes, specialist in risk management in supply chains.
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