Indian summer for lead

摘要

Sunil Duggal (right), CEO of Indian mining firm Hindustan Zinc, spoke optimistically on the future of lead in energy storage, pointing to the "cost-competitiveness, safety, availability of raw materials, and recyclability" of lead-acid batteries, in contrast with lithium-ion batteries that are still plagued by scarcity of raw materials and limited recycling capacity. (See feature on page 62)