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Mitsubishi Corp is looking to invest in nickel and lithium projects to meet rising demand for EV batteries, while increasing copper output, according to the head of its metal operations on Thursday. 据 asiabusinessoutlook 报道，三菱商事株式会社（以下简称：三菱）旗下金属业务负责人于本周四表示，为满足对电动汽车电池不断增长的需求，同时增加铜产量，三菱正在寻求投资镍和锂项目。 The move coincides with a global push by automakers to electrify their fleets, resulting in a rush for stable supplies of lithium, nickel, copper, and other critical minerals. By the end of the decade, demand is expected to outstrip supply. 三菱的举措，恰逢全球汽车厂商推动其车队电动化之际，人们急于稳定锂、镍、铜和其他关键矿物的供应。到这个十年末末，预计供应会小于需求。 "As global resource companies and others seek lithium and nickel, we are thinking about investing in the two metals," Satoshi Koyama, CEO of Mitsubishi's mineral resources group, said at an analysts meeting. 三菱矿产资源本部长小山聪史表示，"全球资源公司和其他公司都在寻找锂和镍，我们正考虑投资这两种金属。" According to him, Canada and Australia could be nickel investment targets because they meet both the criteria of safety in terms of geopolitical risk and access to renewable energy in terms of decarbonisation. 据他介绍，加拿大和澳大利亚可能成为镍投资目标，因为既符合地缘政治风险方面的安全标准，又符合降低碳排放的可再生能源获取的标准。 Mitsubishi purchased a 15% stake in a joint venture with Giga Metals Corp last year to pursue the development of the Turnagain nickel deposit in Canada. 为开发加拿大的 Turnagain 镍矿，三菱于去年购买了与Giga Metals Corp合资企业15%的股份。 "We are verifying what kind of nickel projects will make it to the profitability line, given technical challenges and cost issues," Koyama explained. 小山聪史表示，“鉴于技术挑战和成本问题，我们正在验证什么样的镍项目能进入盈利范围。” Mitsubishi is also investigating several lithium projects. 此外，三菱还在调查几个锂项目。 To develop a new mine, it must include a downstream operation to process the metal into raw battery material, but whether this can be accomplished in Australia and North America will be the most difficult challenge, according to Koyama. 小山聪史表示，要开发新的矿，必须包括将金属加工成电池原材料的下游活动，不过，能否在澳大利亚和北美完成是最困难的挑战。 Mitsubishi and its Australian joint venture partner BHP Group have listed their Daunia and Blackwater metallurgical coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin for sale. 三菱及其澳大利亚合资伙伴必和必拓集团已将其位于昆士兰州博文盆地的 Daunia 和 Blackwater 冶金煤矿挂牌出售。 "If the deal goes through," Koyama said, "we may allocate the cash to growth segments such as copper and battery metals." 小山聪史称，“如果能出售成功，我们可能会将现金分配给铜和电池金属等增长领域。” Mitsubishi, which owns a stake in five South American copper mines, including a 40% stake in Anglo American's Quellaveco mine in Peru, wants to increase copper output by expanding existing mines and investing in new promising projects. 三菱，拥有5个南美铜矿的股份，包括英美资源集团在秘鲁的 Quellaveco 矿的40%的股份。三菱希望通过扩建现有矿山和对有前途的新项目进行投资来增加铜的产量。 1、nickel 镍 2、lithium 锂 3、copper 铜 4、outstrip 比...大，超过 5、decarbonisation 降低碳排放 6、promising 有希望的，有前途的 |
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