據今日油價5月7日報道，國際能源署(IEA)表示，疫情凸顯了全球供應鏈的脆弱性，包括一些潔能源技術所必需的關鍵礦產，而世界需要可靠的鋰、鈷、鎳、銅、鉑和稀土供應。

大流行和世界上許多國家前所未有的封鎖已導致關鍵礦物的采礦活動顯著減少。秘魯的銅礦開采量占全球銅礦產量的12%，在封鎖期間停止開采，而南非的鉑金生產也中斷了。國際能源署稱，南非的封鎖中斷了全球75%的鉑產量。

IEA表示:“盡管隨著全球需求下滑，許多重要礦產的價格都出現了下跌，但最近的事態發展突顯出，世界不應想當然地認為有安全的供應是理所當然的。當前市場形勢凸顯出為實現清潔能源的未來，監測礦產供應安全的必要性”。

該機構表示，由于清潔能源技術和解決方案的增加，預計未來幾年對關鍵礦物的需求將激增。

此前，國際能源署示，隨著世界走向清潔能源的未來，電池和制氫電解槽是兩項最重要的技術。

IEA表示:“對電池和電解槽制造業的支持，也是各國政府的一個戰略機遇，以確保本國產業擺脫當前危機，為未來國內和國際市場增長做好準備，并能夠預見技術方面的潛在瓶頸。”

國際能源署執行主任法提赫?比羅爾(Fatih Birol)表示：“鋰離子電池和氫電解槽已經準備好迎接新時代。這兩項技術有許多共同之處，非常適合大規模生產，納入復蘇計劃可以降低成本，使它們成為現代能源體系的基石。”

洪偉立 摘譯自 今日油價

原文如下：

IEA: These Minerals Are Essential For The Energy Transition

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of global supply chains, including those of critical minerals essential for a number of clean energy technologies, while the world needs reliable supplies of lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, platinum, and rare earths, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in an analysis this week.

The pandemic and the unprecedented lockdowns in many countries around the world have led to significant declines in the mining activities of critical minerals. Copper mining in Peru—accounting for 12 percent of global copper production—ground to a halt in the lockdown, while platinum production in South Africa was also disrupted. The lockdown in South Africa disrupted much as 75 percent of global platinum production, the IEA said.

“Although prices for many important minerals have fallen as global demand has slumped, recent developments have highlighted a number of reasons why the world should not take secure supplies for granted,” the Paris-based agency said.

The COVID-19 pandemic “has underscored the need to monitor the security of minerals supply for a clean energy future,” the IEA noted.

Demand for critical minerals is expected to boom in the coming years due to the increase of clean energy technologies and solutions, according to the agency.

Earlier this month, the IEA said in an analysis that batteries and hydrogen-producing electrolyzers are two of the most important technologies as the world moves to a clean energy future.

“And support for battery and electrolyser manufacturing is also a strategic opportunity for governments to ensure that their industries come out of the Covid-19 crisis stronger than before, ready to supply future domestic and international growth markets and able to anticipate potential bottlenecks in technologies,” the IEA said.

“Lithium-ion batteries & hydrogen electrolysers are ready for the BIG time. They have many things in common & are well suited to mass manufacturing. Putting them in recovery plans can push their costs down & make them cornerstones of modern energy systems,” the IEA’s Executive Director Fatih Birol said on Sunday.