>In Europe, a local supply of lithium is considered essential to sustain the EU’s fast-growing battery industry, which currently relies on imports from China, Australia and the Republic of Congo.
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>Instead of being shipped 10,000km to European manufacturers, lithium would only have to travel 80km on average, he told EURACTIV.
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>By 2025, Vulcan Energy plans to extract emission-free 40,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide from the Upper Rhine Valley – enough to supply batteries for the equivalent of about one million cars per year.
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>In Europe, a local supply of lithium is considered essential to sustain the EU’s fast-growing battery industry, which currently relies on imports from China, Australia and the Republic of Congo.
​
>Instead of being shipped 10,000km to European manufacturers, lithium would only have to travel 80km on average, he told EURACTIV.
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>By 2025, Vulcan Energy plans to extract emission-free 40,000 tonnes of lithium hydroxide from the Upper Rhine Valley – enough to supply batteries for the equivalent of about one million cars per year.