When looking at the main questions along the entire battery value chain, it becomes clear that there are no insurmountable obstacles that could prevent the widespread market diffusion of battery-electric passenger cars, particularly during the decisive ramp-up phase between 2020 and 2030+....

Betrachtet man die zentralen Fragen entlang der gesamten Batterie-Wertschöpfungskette, so zeigt sich: Der breiten Marktdiffusion batterieelektrischer Pkw (E-Pkw), welche insbesondere im Zeitraum 2020-2030+ in der entscheidenden Hochlaufphase sein wird, steht nichts Unüberwindbares im Wege....

Neodym-Eisen-Bor-Magnete (NdFeB) haben als die derzeit stärksten Permanentmegnete in den vergangenen Jahren einen erheblichen Nachfrageschub erlebt, insbesondere für die Herstellung kompakter elektrischer Servomotoren mit hohem Wirkungsgrad und hoher Leistungsdichte, was vor allem für mobile...

This Working Paper presents a brief but comprehensive graphical overview of copper contained in international trade, from copper concentrates through to finished products. Extensive data checks and a simple consolidation method were performed before visualizing the data on world maps. While data...

Recycling indicators are useful for characterizing anthropogenic metal cycles. While there are suitable and generally accepted recycling indicators at the global level, they are not necessarily useful for regional cycles (where the region of interest can be a part of country, an entire country...