The forgotten battery raw materials: bauxite and aluminium – dust in the lungs, batteries in cars
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Bauxite and aluminium are among the often overlooked battery raw materials of electromobility. The profile explains the role aluminium plays in lithium-ion batteries, battery housings and electric cars – and why bauxite mining has a negative impact on human rights, the environment and the climate. It shows in a compact way why socially just electromobility needs a change in raw materials: fewer primary raw materials, more recycling and binding rules for global supply chains.
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Description
Bauxite and aluminium are central but often overlooked battery raw materials of electromobility. The raw material brief shows the role of aluminium in lithium-ion batteries, battery housings and electric cars – and why bauxite mining poses significant risks to human rights, the environment and the climate.
Using Guinea as an example, the publication illustrates how bauxite mining can destroy livelihoods, pollute water and burden local communities. At the same time, it shows why electromobility can only be socially and ecologically just if it is combined with a real turnaround in raw materials.
This publication is aimed at all those who Battery raw materials, electric mobility, raw materials policy, climate justice and global supply chains employ. It provides compact information, illustrative data and political classification for educational work, journalism, science, civil society and political debates.
Order now and learn more about bauxite, aluminium and the raw material revolution in electromobility.
