From Mines to Batteries: How the Global Energy Transition Shapes the Metal Supply Chain
- feb 25, 2025, at 9:02 am
As the world economy is turning towards renewable energy solutions, companies worldwide are attempting to figure out what that does to metals' supply chains of metals such as aluminum, copper, and zinc. These metals, the foundation of renewable energy infrastructure, battery technology, and electric vehicles (EVs), are more important than ever. But with that new demand come new issues, like resource availability, geopolitical tensions, and the ecological costs of extracting and processing them.