Malinga ndi magwero aku Japan, Sumitomo Metal yapanga njira yabwino yochotsera cobalt ku mabatire omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pamagalimoto amagetsi ndi zina zambiri. Tekinolojeyi ipangitsa kuti mtsogolomu zipewe kapena kuchepetsa kuchepa kwa chitsulo chosowa kwambiri padziko lapansi, popanda zomwe kupanga mabatire omwe amatha kuchapitsidwanso sikungaganizidwe lero.
Cobalt amagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga ma cathodes a mabatire a lithiamu-ion, kuwonetsetsa kuti zinthu izi zikuyenda bwino. Mwachitsanzo, Sumitomo Metal, imatulutsa miyala yokhala ndi cobalt kuchokera ku Southeast Asia. Kampaniyo imagwiritsa ntchito miyalayi kuti itulutse cobalt ku Japan, pambuyo pake imapereka zitsulo zoyera kwa opanga mabatire monga Panasonic ndi makampani ena omwe amapereka mabatire ku United States pamagalimoto a Tesla.
Pafupifupi 60% ya cobalt imakumbidwa ku Democratic Republic of the Congo. Makampani aku America ndi Switzerland ali ndi migodi ku Congo, koma zaka zaposachedwa adagulidwa mwachangu ndi aku China. Chifukwa chake, mu 2016, Chinese Molybdenum idagula gawo lalikulu la magawo a kampani ya Tenke Fungurume kuchokera ku kampani yaku America ya Freeport-McMoRan, yomwe ili ndi migodi ya cobalt ku Congo, ndipo mu 2017 kampani ya GEM yaku Shanghai idagula migodi kuchokera ku Swiss. Glencore. Kuchepetsa malo opangira migodi ya cobalt, akatswiri akukhulupirira, kupangitsa kuti chitsulochi chichepe koyambirira kwa 2022, kotero kuti migodi ya cobalt kuchokera kuzinthu zobwezerezedwanso ikhoza kukankhira nthawi yomvetsa chisoniyi mtsogolo.
Kuti aphunzire kuthekera kwa njira yatsopano yaukadaulo yotulutsa cobalt ku mabatire ogwiritsidwa ntchito, Sumitomo Metal idayamba kukhazikitsa malo oyendetsa ndege ku Ehime Prefecture pachilumba cha Shikoku. Njira yomwe ikufunsidwa imalola kuti cobalt ibwezedwe mwachangu mu mawonekedwe oyera mokwanira kuti abwezedwe mwachangu kwa opanga mabatire. Mwa njira, kuwonjezera pa cobalt, mkuwa ndi nickel zidzatulutsidwanso panthawi yobwezeretsanso batri, zomwe zidzangowonjezera ubwino wa njira yatsopanoyi. Ngati kupanga koyendetsa ndege kudzakhala kothandiza, Sumitomo Metal iyamba kugulitsa mabatire kuti ichotse cobalt mu 2021.
Source: 3dnews.ru