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VivianJourno

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Covering Africa's energy transition @climatechangenews.com

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 17/08/2025
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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Nations rich in minerals want to add value to their resources to reap more benefits from the energy transition. But in Nigeria, early efforts to refine lithium are facing challenges as mining remains dominated by mostly unregulated informal miners. @vivianchime.bsky.social reports bit.ly/3I9RFZw
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Nigeria’s push to cash in on lithium rush gets off to a rocky start
Nigeria wants to supply refined lithium to the EV battery industry to diversify its economy away from oil but early processing efforts are facing challenges
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 21/05/2025
EVs, solar panels, wind turbines, and power grids all need one thing: copper. The Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 forecasts a 30% copper supply shortfall by 2035, with a growing gap between demand and supply. 🧵👇
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Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 – Analysis - IEA
Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Joe Lo @joeloclimate.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
South African President Ramaphosa tells Trump that his country has critical minerals that the US needs to power its economy. @vivianchime.bsky.social wrote recently that Trump and Biden are both after these minerals but for different reasons www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/04/t...
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Trump follows the minerals trail for weapons, not clean energy
Trump is racing to secure supplies of critical minerals including from war-torn DRC, prioritizing their military, not a green transition
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 16/04/2025
The International Energy Agency slashed its forecasts for global oil demand growth by a third for the year ahead, mainly due to the “substantial risks” posed by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs to the global economy. Here's all you need to know 👇
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