A cewar majiyoyin kasar Japan, Sumitomo Metal ya samar da ingantaccen tsari na hako cobalt daga batir da ake amfani da su na motocin lantarki da sauransu. Fasahar za ta sa a nan gaba za a iya kaucewa ko rage karancin wannan karafa da ba kasafai ake samu ba a doron kasa, wanda idan ba a yi tunanin yin batura masu caji ba a yau.
Ana amfani da Cobalt don yin cathodes na batir lithium-ion, yana tabbatar da ingantaccen aiki na waΙannan abubuwan. Sumitomo Metal, alal misali, tushen ma'adinan cobalt daga kudu maso gabashin Asiya. Kamfanin yana sarrafa ma'adinin don hako cobalt a Japan, bayan haka yana samar da tsaftataccen karfe ga masu kera batir irin su Panasonic da sauran kamfanonin da ke samar da batura a Amurka na motocin Tesla.
Kimanin kashi 60% na cobalt ana hakowa a Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo. Kamfanonin Amurka da na Swiss sun mallaki ma'adinan ma'adinai a Kongo, amma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan Sinawa sun saye su sosai. Don haka, a cikin 2016, Molybdenum na kasar Sin ya sayi wani muhimmin bangare na hannun jari a kamfanin Tenke Fungurume daga kamfanin Freeport-McMoRan na Amurka, wanda ke da ma'adinan cobalt a Kongo, kuma a cikin 2017 kamfanin GEM na Shanghai ya sayi ma'adinan daga Switzerland. Glencore. Iyakance wuraren hakar ma'adinai na cobalt, masu sharhi sun yi imanin, zai haifar da karancin wannan karfe tun daga shekarar 2022, don haka ma'adinan cobalt daga kayan da aka sake yin fa'ida na iya ciyar da wannan lokacin mara dadi a gaba.
Don nazarin yuwuwar sabon tsarin fasaha don fitar da cobalt daga batura da aka yi amfani da su, Sumitomo Metal ya fara kafa masana'antar matukin jirgi a yankin Ehime da ke tsibirin Shikoku. Tsarin da aka tsara yana ba da damar dawo da cobalt cikin sauri a cikin tsaftataccen tsari domin a iya mayar da shi nan da nan ga masana'antun baturi. Af, ban da cobalt, jan karfe da nickel kuma za a hako su yayin aikin sake yin amfani da baturi, wanda zai kara fa'idar sabuwar dabarar. Idan samar da matukin jirgi ya tabbatar da inganci, Sumitomo Metal zai fara sarrafa batura na kasuwanci don cire cobalt a cikin 2021.
source: 3dnews.ru