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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

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and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% New Tungsten Production Will Open the Global Supply Chain. which will benefit the overall global supply chain of tungsten for production and manufacturing.

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Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

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Spatial Distribution of Estimated Annual Pollution Concentrations in 2015 in China. The study was conducted on 8,867 Chinese adults aged 25 to 92. In 2015, more than 95% of the Chinese population was exposed to concentrations of PM 2.5 A, Concentration of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 ?m

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PwC’s Strategy&: Auto supplier M&A activity likely to hit record $48B transaction value globally in 2015

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The study shows that for the fifth consecutive year, North American suppliers are the strongest consolidators in 2015 as nine out of the top ten consolidators are North American suppliers. —Dietmar Ostermann, PwC Strategy&’s Global Automotive Advisory Leader.

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Global study links daily exposure to ozone pollution to increased risk of death

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g/m 3 (Chinese Ambient Air Quality Standard). 100 µg/m 3 , World Health Organization guideline; 120 µg/m 3 , European Union directive; 140 µg/m 3 (about 0.070 parts per million); National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) in the US; 160 µg/m 3 Chinese Ambient Air Quality Standard (CAAQS). g/m 3 (WHO), 120 ?g/m Vicedo-Cabrera et al.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications.

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ABB launches first DC fast charger compliant with Chinese GB standard

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ABB launched Terra 53 Z, its first high power DC fast charger that complies with the Chinese GB standard. The launch of the Terra 53 Z DC fast charger turns the Terra 53 series into the world’s first DC fast charging solution to offer specific types complying with the three global open charging standards: SAE Combo, CHAdeMo and China GB.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

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Because at the same time that automakers are begging for the ability to continue the global-scale mass murder that they continually enable (via pollution that kills millions worldwide per year ), they’re also begging governments to slow down other parts of the industry that are taking the EV transition seriously. Namely: China.

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