A Lithium Renaissance Driving Electric Vehicles, Thematic ETFs March 11, 2021
As the fight against climate change gains traction, the boom in the electric vehicle industry has helped fuel demand for lithium, charging up mining and battery ETFs in the process.
Over the past year, the
According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, lithium carbonate, a compound of the silvery metal used in batteries that power most electric car automobiles, has surged 68% since the start of the year to $11,250 a metric ton, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Analysts and industry executives argued that the coronavirus pandemic could be a turning point for the lithium market. Many believed that the end to lockdowns could support pent-up demand for electric cars that has diminished surplus stocks of the lithium metal. Meanwhile, global governments have emerged from recessions with pledges to invest in clean-energy projects as part of their recovery plans.
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Environmental justice, scientific integrity, climate’s threat to national security and weaning off fossil fuels. It’s a big agenda and an emphatic rejection of the last four years.
January 28, 2021
President Joe Biden prepares to sign executive orders after speaking about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit: Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images
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behind that. this is to get ready for the negotiations of trade and try to manage the alliance relations which is u.s. has been having a difficult time with other allied countries. in the case of japan, it is working out quite well. how would you say president trump s relationship with north korea and kim jong-un plays into this. where does that fit into their relationship? initially, we were worried. we weren t sure which way it was going. it more or less turned out as we expected, without results. so, you know, the situation is not better. we are worried about the situation in north korea. we are kind of relieves that japan wasn t left behind. yeah. i just wonder how that, i guess 270 degree turn is resinating. it was first little rocket man, then they fell in love. now, there s a hybrid as we are seeing the short range missiles.
incentive to attack the campaign, the election. he s telling them we want to work with you and that s all the more reason to intervene and mettle and try to affect things to help trump. so these are pro-russian ukrainians. they come to the inauguration. mueller s interested in whether they were illegally lobbying. what do we know? we know that they were getting what they wanted from trump. right after the inauguration, he says let s lift the sanctions. he goes to the state department, he goes to republican congress people and they say hell no, that s crazy. that s a 360 degree turn. and so he abandons it. he did what the ukrainians wanted him to do. meanwhile, the washington post reported this week, there s a chance after mueller completes the investigation, the white house could suppress portions of that report. now rudy giuliani is saying
let s keep in mind republican women, republican women continue to support judge brett kavanaugh by over, i believe, 70%. all i m saying is the gop also very much tries to make a play for independent women who might have conservative leanings and those numbers, as you have admitted, have gone down. i think so now, particularly because of brett kavanaugh s performance. the house is another story. but i don t think anyone has the expectations that republicans will maintain the house. history just isn t on their side there. all right, guys. i will have to call it a wrap there. good to see you both. thank you. coming up on a.m. joy, the ford/brett kavanaugh coverage by fox news and it s 180 degree turn. peninsula trail? you won t findon a map. i ll take you there. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales.