Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Given the more energy-intensive nature of mining along with the requirement for emissions-intensive shipping of mine site concentrate to China for refining, this perhaps comes as no surprise. The high emissions intensity of refining concentrate to lithium carbonate or hydroxide, in part driven by China’s power grid mix and reliance of coal.
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