Ngokusho kwe-MiningWeekly, uNgqongqoshe Wezinsiza Zemvelo waseCanada uSeamus O'Regan usanda kwembula ukuthi iqembu elisebenzisanayo elihlanganisa uhulumeni kanye nesifundazwe kanye nendawo selisunguliwe ukuthuthukisa izinsiza ezibalulekile zezimbiwa.
Ithembele ezintweni eziningi ezibalulekile zezimbiwa, iCanada izokwakha uchungechunge lwemboni yezimayini kanye nemboni yebhethri.
Muva nje, iNdlu Yezinduna yaseCanada ibibambe umhlangano wokuxoxa ngemixhaso ebalulekile yamaminerali kanye nendima okufanele idlalwe yiCanada ohlelweni lwebhethri le-lithium-ion lwasekhaya nolwasemhlabeni wonke.
ICanada inothile kakhulu ngezinsizakusebenza ezibalulekile zezimbiwa, okuhlanganisa i-nickel, i-lithium, i-cobalt, i-graphite, ithusi kanye ne-manganese, okungaba umthombo wezinto zokusetshenziswa zochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwezimoto zikagesi.
Kodwa-ke, uSimon Moores, uMphathi we-Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, ukholelwa ukuthi iCanada kufanele igxile endleleni yokuguqula la maminerali abalulekile abe amakhemikhali anenani eliphezulu, ama-cathode, izinto ze-anode, futhi icabangele nokukhiqizwa kwamabhethri e-lithium-ion.
Ukwakha uchungechunge oluphelele lwenani kungadala amathuba emisebenzi kanye nentuthuko emiphakathini esenyakatho neyasemajukujukwini.