Ngokutsho kweMiningWeekly, uMphathiswa wezeMithombo yeNdalo waseKhanada uSeamus O'Regan kutshanje utyhile ukuba iqela elisebenzayo elisebenzisanayo phakathi korhulumente wephondo nowelizwe lisekwe ukuphuhlisa izixhobo zezimbiwa ezibalulekileyo.
Ixhomekeke kwimithombo ebalulekileyo yezimbiwa, iKhanada iza kwakha uthotho lweshishini lonke lezemigodi kunye nebhetri.
Kutshanje, iNdlu yeeNgwevu yaseKhanada ibibambe intlanganiso yokuxoxa ngemixokelelwane ephambili yokubonelela ngezimbiwa kunye nendima ekufuneka idlalwe yiKhanada kwinkqubo yebhetri ye-lithium-ion yasekhaya neyehlabathi.
IKhanada ityebile kakhulu kwimithombo ebalulekileyo yezimbiwa, kuquka i-nickel, i-lithium, i-cobalt, i-graphite, i-copper kunye ne-manganese, ezinokuba ngumthombo wezinto eziluhlaza kwikhonkco lokubonelela ngezithuthi zombane.
Nangona kunjalo, uSimon Moores, uMphathi weBenchmark Mineral Intelligence, ukholelwa ukuba iKhanada kufuneka igxile kwindlela yokuguqula ezi zimbiwa zibalulekileyo zibe ziikhemikhali ezixabisa kakhulu, ii-cathodes, izinto ze-anode, kwaye icinge nangokuveliswa kweebhetri ze-lithium-ion.
Ukwakha uthotho lwexabiso olupheleleyo kunokudala amathuba emisebenzi kunye nophuhliso kuluntu olusemantla nolukude.