Rio Warns Miners Not Moving Fast Enough on Lithium ExtractioThe key point in this article is Rio stating that customers are demanding environmentally sound mining practices. Any potential buyer or partner looking at Cre will realize that the majority of energy used at the site will be produced from renewable Hydro power. This will be very important in any negotiations moving forward. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/rio-warns-miners-not-moving-fast-enough-on-lithium-extraction-1.1824720
Customers were demanding environmentally sound mining practices, forcing miners to decarbonize their operations, Kaufman said.
“We’ve got to decarbonize our own business, because producing material for the green transition can’t be done the way it was done previously,” she said.