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Can AI help hunt for key EV battery minerals?

New technology is being used to find deposits of nickel, copper, cobalt and lithium which are vital for the EV battery industry.

New technology is being used to find deposits of nickel, copper, cobalt and lithium which are vital for the EV battery industry. We hear from a company that is using AI to locate these sought-after minerals.
Also in the programme, we hear why the electric truck-maker Lordstown filed for bankruptcy and why it's suing the Taiwanese firm Foxconn.
And Apple becomes the latest tech firm to call-out a planned law in the UK which could force encrypted messaging tools like iMessage, WhatsApp and Signal to scan messages for child abuse material.
Will Bain discusses this and more business news with two guests on opposite sides of the world: David Kuo, co-founder of the Smart Investor firm in Singapore, and Walter Todd, president of Greenwood Capital in South Carolina.
(Picture: Lithium deposits. Picture credit: Reuters)

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Wed 28 Jun 2023 00:06GMT

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