Battery Metals 2021/22: Demand for battery metals surging domestic new-vehicle sales continued to

domestic new-vehicle sales continued to contract in 2024

made seemingly simple challenges insurmountable for some exploration and mining companies

Mabasa said at the Southern African Transport Conference in July 2022

domestic coal demand and coal exports

Structural changes are expected to accompany the recovery process

Battery Metals 2021/22: Demand for battery metals surging domestic new-vehicle sales continued toAs the world increasingly turns towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonisation, the use of electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems is expected to increase. The International Energy Agency estimates that nearly 10 000 GWh y of batteries and other energy storage technologies will be needed by 2040. As demand for batteries increases, so will demand for the metals and minerals that are needed to manufacture them; and with