Aerial view of the Canadian company Sigma Lithium plant in the Grota do Cirilo lithium project, located 20 km north-east of Aracuai, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, taken on May 25, 2023. Long dubbed the 'valley of misery', this semi-arid region, home to almost a million inhabitants, is now seen as a new Eldorado thanks to the abundance of lithium, the 'white gold' essential for the energy transition. To attract foreign investors, local authorities launched the 'Lithium Valley' concept with great fanfare last month in New York, at the headquarters of Nasdaq, the stock exchange for new technologies. (Photo by Douglas Magno / AFP)
Das weltweite Angebot an Elektrofahrzeugen kann Lithiumherstellern zufolge bald die Nachfrage nicht decken. "Man könnte in eine Krisensituation geraten, in der die Batterieunternehmen keine Sicherheit für (Lithium-)Rohstoffe haben", sagte Stu Crow, Vorsitzender von Lake Resources, am Rande der Fastmarkets-Konferenz für Lithium- und Batterierohstoffe diese Woche in Las Vegas.