Nickel is one of the key metals for green transformation. The metal is already used in everyday batteries and steel finishing. With the increasing demand for battery raw materials for electromobility, the pressure on nickel mining areas such as Indonesia, the Philippines and New Caledonia will continue to increase, with mining and processing of the metal already having serious consequences for people and the environment. In Germany there are
These negative effects are hardly known. However, as the main consumer of global raw materials such as nickel, the EU and Germany urgently need to take responsibility and reduce their primary raw material consumption.
