Underlying Logic of Involving Lithium Mineral Business of the Big International Oil Companies in the Context of Energy Transition and Its Enlightenments
Recently,international oil companies have set foot in metallic mineral businesses,and especially ExxonMobil bought lands to start its lithium mineral extraction and development as well as actively contacted business with such clients as international producers,new energy vehicle manufacturers,and lithium battery manufacturers,showing its obvious aspirations to enter the lithium industrial chains.The paper discusses the external conditions and internal foundations of entering lithium mineral industrial chains for international oil companies,draws three enlightenments by international oil companies'future energy transition after elaborating lithium's significance and development trends in the energy transition and new energy industry development based on deep adjustment of international energy pattern and accelerated evolution of energy transition.It proposes our domestic energy enterprises should actively build quantitative dynamic evaluation system of the strategic minerals,boost smelting and processing capacities of strategic advantageous minerals,stably develop overseas supply chains in order to offer the strong supports for our national strategic mineral resources and resource guarantee for our national new energy industry development.
International oil companiesEnergy transitionLithiumExternal conditionsInternal foundationsStrategic minerals