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Received: 2025-01-11  |  Accepted: 2025-04-24  |  Published: 2025-06-30

Title

Development of automotive industry trends and demand for critical raw materials worldwide


Abstract

Innovative technological solutions appear in the economy as a response to expected social, economic, technological and environmental changes. Modern ideas can become a driving force for new investments and the spread of innovative ideas. One of the greatest challenges of modern times is environmental protection, which drives change and development in many sectors of the economy. The response to environmental protection by reducing exhaust fumes is the development of electric car production. With the growing demand for electric vehicles, the demand for key critical minerals has increased dramatically. However, their production is associated with an adverse impact on the environment. Furthermore, the production of critical minerals is limited to a few countries, with China being the leader. The article examines the problems of sustainable development, considering the often contradictory effects of environmental protection activities. It also addresses the issue of the stability of supply chains of critical minerals necessary for the implementation of modern technological solutions.


Keywords

critical minerals, environmental protection, electric cars


JEL classifications

Q30 , Q32


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1317


DOI


Pages

325-360


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Richert, Maria
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland https://www.agh.edu.pl
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Łebkowski, Piotr
AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland https://www.agh.edu.pl
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

12


Number

4


Issue date

June 2025


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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