Cobalt cannot be eradicated from electric car batteries – Umicore
* Battery technology evolving towards higher nickel use * Cobalt still a necessary part of EV battery mix * Recycled supply eventually needed in cobalt market By Jan Harvey LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Makers of electric vehicle batteries will have to keep using scarce, expensive cobalt in their products for the foreseeable future despite a push towards higher nickel compositions, materials technology company Umicore said on Monday. Manufacturers have been trying to increase the proportion...
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