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LME copper prices hit 7-year high

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On 4 December 2020, the LME cash price hit its highest level since March 2013, closing at US$7,742/t. (By Copper prices plunged 27% to a low of US$4,617/t in late March as the global impact of COVID-19 became apparent, but copper stabilized and then began to rise, completing a full recovery to its January starting point by the end of July.

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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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UPS plans to invest approximately $50 million to build an additional nine liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling stations, bringing the total number of stations to 13. UPS has used LNG vehicles for more than a decade and has benefited from lower fuel prices compared to imported petroleum. Phoenix, Ariz.,

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US.

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Solvay and Avantium partner to develop green engineering plastics from furanics building blocks

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Solvay and Avantium, which spun off from Shell in 2000 to develop furan-based biofuels and biomaterials ( earlier post ), have entered into a partnership to jointly develop a next generation of green high-performance polyamides for engineering plastics.

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Avantium Building YXY Pilot Plant for Furanics Biofuels and Materials

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Avantium uses a catalytic process to convert carbohydrates into furanics building blocks. The plant will produce several tons of YXY building blocks per year to support product development. Over the past years we have made tremendous progress to develop a low-cost production process to convert biomass into YXY building blocks.

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Elon Musk reveals Tesla software-locked cheapest Model Y, offers 40-60 more miles of range

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Over the years, Tesla has periodically offered cheaper vehicles with shorter ranges, and rather than building a new vehicle with a smaller battery pack, the automaker has decided to instead use the same battery packs capable of more range and software-locked the range. Some argue that if it’s already built, in your car, why not use it?

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Energy Parks Australia and Aquaflow Bionomic partner on biofuels from multi-biomass sources

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Aquaflow has expertise in the chemistry, design and building of its own renewable bio-fuels plant, and has a collaborative agreement with CRI Catalyst relating to the use of IH2 thermal conversion of algae and other biomass to drop-in fuels. He says the unique chemical qualities of algae can be maximized within a mix of other biomass streams.

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