Key Questions to ask in 2018; Can the electric vehicle revolution drive the mining industry?

This is the first of a series of question and answer analysis reports from GFMS, which look to target ‘hot topics’ in the battery industry for the year to come. 

To look at this question, it is first important to identify the major reasons behind the growth of electric vehicles. First, the advancement in government and country legislation surrounding air pollution, and second, the advancement in battery technology which has given rise to use of lithium-ion batteries, on a mass scale, as the driving force to power electric vehicles (EV). 

How has the mining industry reacted as a result?

Rise of Lithium-ion Batteries by type

1991     Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LCO)

1996     Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO)

1996     Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP)        

1999     Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminium Oxide (NCA)

2008     Lithium Nickel Manganese (NMC)

2008     Lithium Titanate (LTO)

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