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The United States’ transition to new energy will require increased domestic mineral production, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Tuesday March 9.
“Many parts of the country are sitting on top of the materials that we need to produce battery technologies,” Granholm said during a webinar hosted by renewable advocacy group Securing America’s Future Energy.
Granholm said that there would be “huge demand” for sustainable mineral supply chains in the US, both to serve the US electric vehicle (EV) industry and to provide jobs for coal miners who may be affected by falling demand for fossil fuels.
“Having [coal workers] mine for critical materials is a natural shift for them,” Granholm said.
The domestic steel rebar market in Poland was largely quiet during the week to Friday March 5, despite producers’ push for price increases, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday March 5.
Mining activities in Minas Gerais, in southeastern Brazil, are unlikely to be affected despite a newly-imposed Covid-19 lockdown on Thursday March 4, market sources said.
Chile produced 457,100 tonnes of copper in January, down by 0.7% from 460,100 tonnes in the same month in 2020, Chilean copper commission Cochilco said on Tuesday March 2.