Africa’s Pivotal Shift Towards Green Energy
11:05 AM
A handful of countries on the African continent have the potential to alleviate future shortages of minerals needed to drive green energy solutions, but investment, political, regulatory and infrastructure hurdles linger.
-Due to future uncertainty miners are unlikely to pump cash into Greenfield investments
-Copper output in the DRC speculated to explode
-China’s involvement in mineral supply chains/battery manufacturing could distort prices of input commodities
-Long-run outlook for PGMs wired to governments’ plans to reduce CO2 emissions
By Mark Story
The global drive to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions through greener energy has turned the world’s attention to commodities set to play a vital role in what’s being referred to as the Green Revolution.