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Speaker: Welcome to this first episode in French of Pardon My Planet. I'm Anwar and today we're going to talk about the critical minéraux. Why are a
Speaker: is the association women in industry mining in Africa. Hello Lika, and thank you for accepting the invitation. monjo anno marcipo you know the jas compelled the say reu mineroritique lika la promerquetroovvi possess keo leminoo criticti e boo eskipo to cat you the critic Hello
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Speaker: imagine a portable phone with all the applications and features that we need, but has no battery. don e put to sample more baff function you no per but laaitatedly hodu processor sos energi So
Speaker: De la même manière, les minéraux critiques représentent un peu la batterie de ces technologies modernes.
Speaker: Donc, sans eux, notre transition énergétique, numérique, serait vraiment impossible.
Speaker: Difficile à obtenir, qu'est-ce ça veut dire? Leur approvisionnement dépend de quelques pays. Et cela signifie qu'en fait, c'est un minéral qui n'est pas forcément accessible facilement, soit à cause de la géopolitique ou des réglementations environnementales qui entourent ces minéraux critiques.
Speaker: And just to make a link with what we call market orosson geopolitico umvo and duul la poton's effective vour contin cale rap ah the
Speaker: through strategic partnerships with some African countries, for example, who have natural riches. natural and And as you mentioned, the at are playing in the energy transition.
Speaker: contone laparto ah the the samemiirro criticti umdi a longam de mo pupo luol cosseineevo critictique ju non at transitional energy don't What we see is
Speaker: Les terres rares, on en parle beaucoup.
Speaker: etc. Et donc, quand on de la
Speaker: while the a is directly related to necessary for electric vehicles.
Speaker: The European Union, in that the production of an electric car needs six times more than classical thermal vehicle. Cobalt lithium are key elements to be able to reach climate objectives fixed by deploy several strategies.
Speaker: In this how to diversify the source of provisioning, to establish partnerships with producers,
Speaker: a recycling, the development of batteries and electronic components that allow to the pressure on mining extraction.
Speaker: Other strategies are also deployed, such as the of that are not yet explored and yet less exploited.
Speaker: So there who are the
Speaker: So, we have understood that Europe is dependent on its resources. But today, is
Speaker: reserve resources, but in the context of this security and diversification of supply sources, yes, there are research
Speaker: manno sadi and c lorop ah can self-fulfilled in terms of provisioning. I think that's not necessarily the case.
Speaker: and extraction of these resources? hello Africa holds important reserves of critical minerals, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Speaker: We have heard a lot of cobalt, for example, but also in South Africa, in Mali, with lithium. Today, there are resources that have been discovered in these countries.
Speaker: And so, to give you an example, la rep republicri Democratic Republic of Congo has about 70% of the world's reserves of Kobach. they reserve mujabuoba
Speaker: Today, there is a issue of developing local value chains in Africa, but this distribution that we see in the continent, I some of them, but there are of course others,
Speaker: ah create major geopolitical challenges, especially around the think that the development of local supply chains ah curlu de lu mont dehandovaana lu remain the
Speaker: So there are a lot of projects in the continent to go into that direction. its used more ah contro pal the but the pro ma via the um appperta de cop pi has international de baun na yeah but tamo vilahi um ozorri kumaculorop as And the of these resources?
Speaker: To give you an example, for example, projects that contribute the development of local chains, we have the local transformation of Cobalt into RDC.
Speaker: As I said earlier, the RDC holds about 70% of the global reserves of Cobalt. They have launched initiatives to be able refine and transform metal on the place rather than to export it in brute.
Speaker: The goal is to create a local industry of manufacturing batteries and to generate more economic value. Another example is an initiative manufacturing batteries in Africa.
Speaker: So, several countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, explore this possibility of being able produce batteries locally rather than only export the cobalt lithium.
Speaker: Another initiative is this famous mining, industrial and logistics corridor. a central Africa project, which aims to improve the extraction and the transformation of
Speaker: So we see that African countries try organize
Speaker: to
Speaker: So there are a a balanced way.
Speaker: think about this number of 70% of the global production of Cobalt.
Speaker: its game to the chain of value, that it is the most local possible?
Speaker: We talked about the New Deal, the European Green Deal. I would like to mention the African Deal. For a simple reason, it is that today, there are a lot of initiatives that aim to represent Africa as an active actor in its own development.
Speaker: We put innovation, sovereignty and balanced strategic partnerships. That was mentioned. don So, this concept, today, we look at all the different stakeholders who are ready engage in Africa to develop all these different initiatives.
Speaker: So, for me, Europe has to earlier. There is economic issue, while taking profit, or at least in maximizing this chain of provision.
Speaker: So this African-American deal, think that a
Speaker: Super, cela m'amène forcément à ce qu'on puisse parler de
Speaker: The integration of ESG initiatives
Speaker: to
Speaker: okay um the pre Okay? umos de criter is ri andaf for miso exege depatic respecture don nouvi law e decon conditioned hava kiswa ikita ki Then another aspect is transparency and traceability.
Speaker: This has been a subject to a problem for several years in Africa. Today, the eoff fan And finally, last element, it's all the a
Speaker: to be able to reduce their carbon footprint. So in and it's really a priority today.
Speaker: It's great, but today I have to ask the question of communities, or in all of a sudden, people who are the ground. Between the fact of today on the ground.
Speaker: What are the of
Speaker: I think yes. After, it depends on how we are. If we are European, there is arisa libo command sit si only luoto opeia effective ma ah a certain way to see things.
Speaker: And for me, I think there is certain sensitivity that has existed a long time and a great communication to the big public through media, social networks,
Speaker: several documentaries, reports, expertise, education, school a
Speaker: So that's perspective comp got up acan to suutum solo contin africa contino coco de lemir elan took tiishha on a perspective lab asop puu lamp costumes of a
Speaker: to strategic partner with Europe or other partners. So that's one thing.
Speaker: necessary? Why not in the school and university programs? Today, it's maybe limited to a it's something that, in my opinion, needs to democratize more.
Speaker: Another aspect is but
Speaker: local consultation, are is essential to be critical.
Speaker: Anglo-Saxons are talking about Social License for Operations, so that remains essential today. The last aspect I will talk about on that,
Speaker: by the economic sovereignty, it's all the commercial Today, there are a little bit of I the value and establish a much more balanced partnership.
Speaker: book of is executive but Today, in
Speaker: ah kulet local mono which Alors, je pense que la stratégie In any case, the need is identified, it is clear for Europe.
Speaker: I think now that the development.
Speaker: So how to do this subject at challenge a subject that will contribute a lot to participate in the next years to participate the development possibility to transform these resources at the local level?
Speaker: integrate communities into decision-making and
Speaker: Thank you, Lika, for your clarification. With pleasure. Thank you very much. You understood that the the
Speaker: If you episode, it. on our website, lgi.earth. See you soon! ah
