Lithium rush a crossroads for Zim’s future – The Mail & Guardian

Lithium rush a crossroads for Zim’s future – The Mail & Guardian

Africa, which holds significant estimated shares of the world’s total reserves of bauxite (24%), cobalt (49.4%), copper (7%), graphite (21%), lithium (6%), manganese (43%), nickel (4.2%) and rare earth minerals (2%), is at the centre of a global race for critical minerals required in the clean energy transition.  Exploitation of these resources should help to boost trade, industrialisation and development, but Africa’s track record is littered w…