How much cobalt is in an electric car battery? [ANSWER]

Cobalt is used in the cells of lithium-ion batteries for phones and electric vehicles. Since the main producer of the cell is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, torn by internal conflicts, we decided to check how much cobalt is needed to produce one electrical battery.

Cobalt in lithium-ion batteries

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• Cobalt in lithium-ion batteries
• Where are the world's largest cobalt deposits?

To produce a smartphone battery, you need about 8 grams of cobalt. It takes about 10 kilograms to produce an average electric vehicle battery. this item.

The price of cobalt on the stock exchanges today (March 13.03.2018, 85 March 290) is less than $ 2,9 per ton, which is equivalent to about PLN XNUMX. Thus, cobalt alone in an electric vehicle today costs XNUMX thousand zlotys.

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Where are the world's largest cobalt deposits?

The largest and main producer of cobalt in the world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in Central Africa (64 thousand tons per year). At the dacha, internal conflicts regularly erupt, which always affects the availability and price of this element. The next clashes began in Ituri province at the end of 2017, and over the past three months, about 200 thousand people have fled their places of residence.

At the same time, cobalt can also be obtained from used electrical elements. The UK company Creation Inn estimates that 2017 tonnes of this valuable element were recovered worldwide in 8.

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In the photo: 1-centimeter cube of cobalt (c) Alchemist-hp / www.pse-mendelejew.de

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