{"id":349414,"date":"2024-10-29T14:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=349414"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T13:33:21","slug":"mckinsey-report-large-net-zero-mineral-supply-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=349414","title":{"rendered":"McKinsey Report: Large Net Zero Mineral Supply Shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by Eric Worrall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 current mineral supply meets between 10 and 35% of projected 2050 requirements \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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McKinsey: Clean Energy sees Critical Minerals Supply Crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Sean Ashcroft<\/a>
October 25, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKinsey clean energy report part 1: Mining faces long-term critical minerals supply shortfall as demand soars for raw materials to fuel clean energy drive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensuring sufficient critical minerals are available to support the deployment of low-emissions technologies will require significant scale-up of their extraction and refining, a new McKinsey report says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report \u2013 The hard stuff: Navigating the physical realities of the energy transition<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 stresses how the energy transition is in its early stages, with only an estimated 10% of required deployment of low-emissions technologies by 2050 achieved in most areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McKinsey says current mineral supply meets between 10 and 35% of projected 2050 requirements. This assessment comes under the consultancy\u2019s Achieved Commitments scenario, which models countries meeting their stated climate pledges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors identify supply expansion speed as a primary constraint. They highlight uncertainties around material substitution technologies. Performance impacts of alternative materials require evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The consultancy forecasts nickel demand will increase by 100%. Dysprosium and terbium requirements could expand by 400%. Lithium demand faces a potential 700% surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/miningdigital.com\/sustainability\/mckinsey-warns-of-critical-minerals-supply-crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Imagine commissioning a trillion dollar project without checking the logistics. Surely nobody could be that stupid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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