Resource provision of Ukraine with critical raw materials in the context of global trends in the development of the electric vehicle industry

Abstract

Purpose. Establish indicators of Ukraine's resource supply with critical raw materials used in the production of electric vehicles. Research methodology. The analytical method of research was used at the analysis and generalization of statistical information on the world production of critical raw materials and changes in its value on the world market. Technical and economic analysis in forecasting the resource supply of Ukraine in the future, taking into account the total reserves of critical mineral raw materials and the need for it at the production of electric vehicles. The results. The main types of critical raw minerals located in the bowels of Ukraine, necessary for the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles, have been determined. The global trends in the production of electric vehicles and changes in the needs for critical mineral raw materials have been established, which allow to assert that the production of lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite will constantly increase in accordance with the growth of the automobile plants productivity at the production of electric vehicles. The general mining and geological conditions of the critical raw materials occurrence in Ukraine are characterized and a predictive analysis of the resource supply of the country with critical minerals that are used in the batteries of electric vehicles is carried out. Scientific novelty. The influence of the growth in the production of electric vehicles on the production of lithium, graphite, nickel, cadmium and their value in the world market has been established. Differences in the use of mineral raw materials in the production of electric vehicles, gasoline and diesel vehicles have been established. The predicted number of batteries for electric vehicles that can be produced from critical mineral raw materials located in the depths of Ukraine has been calculated. Practical value. The total balance reserves of critical mineral raw materials in Ukraine, which are used in the production of batteries for electric vehicles, have been determined. The volumes of the use of critical raw materials in the production of one electric car with averaged parameters have been established, which made it possible to predict the resource supply of Ukraine in the production of electric vehicles.