Zimbabwe bans all lithium exports

[MrFanti]

https://www.africanews.com/2022/12/29/zimbabwe-bans-all-lithium-exports/


the government says it should start its own battery industry rather than allow foreign companies to dominate battery production.

Good for you Zimbabwe!

[Stavros]

So what is China doing about it?

https://www.ft.com/content/02d6f35d-e646-40f7-894c-ffcc6acd9b25

[Stavros]

And what are Lithium batteries for? Electric vehicles?
I don't know anything about cars, but here is a different view'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/03/electric-vehicles-early-adopter-petrol-car-ev-environment-rowan-atkinson

[Fitzcarraldo]

And what are Lithium batteries for? Electric vehicles?
I don't know anything about cars, but here is a different view'

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/03/electric-vehicles-early-adopter-petrol-car-ev-environment-rowan-atkinson

Lithium batteries are for anything rechargeable.

[Stavros]

And the profits for a select few not the people of Zimbabwe.

[holzz]

Does it have the knowhow to make its own? We'll see. It's not just the technical capacity, but marketing too.

And Zimbabwe even post-Mugabe must be corrupt asf. They can talk about not letting foreigners build factories but then they should watch for their own people's greed.

[Stavros]

Does it have the knowhow to make its own? We'll see. It's not just the technical capacity, but marketing too.

And Zimbabwe even post-Mugabe must be corrupt asf. They can talk about not letting foreigners build factories but then they should watch for their own people's greed.

It is known as the 'Resource Curse'. I used to have a comprehensive review article on it but I moved earlier this month and have had to put a lot of things into storage and can't recall the author or title.

These two articles help explain why I take a pessimistic view of the potential Lithium industry in Zimbabwe-

'The Resource Curse': Why Africa's Oil Riches Don't Trickle Down to Africans - Knowledge at Wharton (upenn.edu) (https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/knowledge-at-wharton-podcast/the-resource-curse-why-africas-oil-riches-dont-trickle-down-to-africans/)

A wealth of sorrow: why Nigeria’s abundant oil reserves are really a curse | Global development | The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/09/a-wealth-of-sorrow-why-nigerias-abundant-oil-reserves-are-really-a-curse)

[MrFanti]

Does it have the knowhow to make its own? We'll see. It's not just the technical capacity, but marketing too.

And Zimbabwe even post-Mugabe must be corrupt asf. They can talk about not letting foreigners build factories but then they should watch for their own people's greed.
The "divide and conquer" after-effects are still unfortunately present on the African continent....