The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Olaf Scholz's South American tour, in search of lithium for the automotive industry

2023-01-30T17:40:56.686Z


DECRYPTION - The Chancellor covets the immense reserves of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. It must compete with Beijing.


From our correspondent in Berlin

To discover

  • Pension reform: calculate the age at which you will finally leave

After the Gulf countries and Africa, Olaf Scholz continues his tour of energy diversification by closing, this Tuesday in Brazil, a five-day journey in Latin America.

The objective of the German Chancellor is to secure supplies for German industry.

In Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and South Africa, there was talk of liquefied natural gas and green hydrogen.

In Chile and Argentina, the first two stopovers of the Chancellor's visit, Berlin mainly covets lithium fields to run its electric car factories.

The Chancellor was accompanied by a dozen business leaders, including representatives of Aurubis, a European copper giant and the energy company Wintershall.

In November, the German government's special representative for climate policy, Jennifer Morgan, announced the color: “

We are in the middle of a climate and energy crisis.

We…

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 83% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2023-01-30

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.