Ngokutsho kweMiningWeekly, uMphathiswa weMithombo yeNdalo yaseCanada uSeamus O'Regan kutshanje utyhile ukuba iqela elisebenzayo lentsebenziswano yephondo-yephondo liye lasekwa ukuphuhlisa izibonelelo zezimbiwa eziphambili.
Ngokuthembela kwimithombo yezimbiwa ezininzi ezingundoqo, iCanada iya kwakha ishishini lezimayini-ibhetri yeshishini lonke.
Kungekudala, i-Canadian House of Commons ibambe intlanganiso yokuxoxa ngamakhonkco angundoqo okubonelela ngezimbiwa kunye nokuba yiyiphi indima emele idlale iCanada kwi-ecosystem yebhetri ye-lithium-ion yasekhaya kunye nehlabathi jikelele.
I-Canada inotyebi kakhulu kwimithombo yamaminerali abalulekileyo, kubandakanywa i-nickel, i-lithium, i-cobalt, i-graphite, ithusi kunye ne-manganese, enokubonelela ngomthombo wezinto ezibonakalayo zokubonelela ngezithuthi zombane.
Nangona kunjalo, uSimon Moores, uMphathi weBenchmark Mineral Intelligence, ukholelwa ukuba iCanada kufuneka igxininise indlela yokuguqula ezi zimbiwa eziphambili kwiikhemikhali zexabiso eliphezulu, i-cathodes, izinto ze-anode, kwaye ziqwalasele ukuveliswa kweebhetri ze-lithium-ion.
Ukwakha ikhonkco lexabiso elipheleleyo kunokudala amathuba engqesho kunye nophuhliso kuluntu olusemantla nakwindawo ezikude.