“The metal wars have already begun” | EUROtoday

VS’was a little bit over a yr in the past. In her speech on the State of the Union, the assembly throughout which the President of the European Commission attracts up the checklist of essentially the most burning topics for the 27 member nations, Ursula von der Leyen selected to lift the query of … metals. And that is what she mentioned: “Lithium and uncommon earths will quickly be much more necessary than oil and gasoline. Our want for uncommon earths alone will enhance fivefold by 2030 […] The solely downside is that at present a single nation controls nearly your complete market. »

This nation being, one suspects, China. Since this harangue, has Europe, which intends to ban the sale of thermal autos on its territory from 2035, made progress on the topic? And France? Clearly…