One of the keys to a successful ecological transition is the storage of renewable energy and the deployment of electric vehicles. But the technology has a weak link in several respects: the electric battery. The supply of materials, industrial sovereignty, and the creation of charging station networks are just some of the issues that need to be addressed.
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Under the floorboard of an electric vehicle lies a battery weighing over 400 kg, filled with minerals mined from all over the world. Millions of tons of lithium, cobalt, bauxite and other minerals are extracted, processed, shipped and refined, sometimes at the cost of human rights violations.
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France's mineral resource potential is largely undervalued to date. The country is home to significant resources of rocks and industrial minerals as well as numerous metals (tungsten, antimony, gold, lead, zinc, germanium, copper, lithium and molybdenum). These metals and rare earths include
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