Ngokusho kweMiningWeekly, uNgqongqoshe WezeMvelo waseCanada uSeamus O'Regan usanda kuveza ukuthi iqembu elisebenzisanayo lesifunda-sifundazwe selisungulwe ukuthuthukisa izinsiza zezimbiwa ezibalulekile.
Ithembele emithonjeni eminingi yezimbiwa ezibalulekile, iCanada izokwakha uchungechunge lwemboni yezimayini-ibhethri yonke imboni.
Esikhathini esingeside esidlule, i-Canadian House of Commons ibe nomhlangano wokudingida amaketanga abalulekile wokuphakelwa kwezimbiwa nokuthi iyiphi indima okufanele i-Canada ibe nayo ohlelweni lwebhethri ye-lithium-ion yasekhaya neyomhlaba wonke.
I-Canada inothe kakhulu emithonjeni yamaminerali abalulekile, okuhlanganisa i-nickel, i-lithium, i-cobalt, i-graphite, ithusi ne-manganese, enganikeza umthombo wezinto zokusetshenziswa zochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwezimoto zikagesi.
Kodwa-ke, uSimon Moores, uMphathi weBenchmark Mineral Intelligence, ukholelwa ukuthi iCanada kufanele igxile endleleni yokuguqula la maminerali abalulekile abe ngamakhemikhali anenani eliphakeme, ama-cathodes, izinto ze-anode, ngisho nokucabangela ukukhiqizwa kwamabhethri e-lithium-ion.
Ukwakha uchungechunge lwenani oluphelele kungadala amathuba emisebenzi nentuthuko emiphakathini esenyakatho nekude.