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BYD wins Chile lithium extraction contract

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Chile’s Ministry of Mining awarded China-based BYD a contract to extract up to 80,000 tons of metallic lithium. The other lithium extraction contract, also for 80,000 tons, went to Chile-based Servicios y Operaciones Mineras del Norte SA, for an offer of US$60 million. million tons, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

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Waterfront Shipping to commission new ships with methanol flex-fuel engines

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MOL), Westfal-Larsen & Co A/S (WL) and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest to build six new ships, with an option for building an additional three, all to be delivered during 2016. Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd. has reached an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Earlier post.).

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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The government of Chile is taking a stand: Its citizens must be protected from technologies that are capable of mind control, mind reading, or any other nefarious interference with their brains. Girardi says he hopes that Chile will be an example for the world and that other nations and international agencies will adopt comparable regulation.

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Detect Quakes With “Raspberry Shakes”

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Searching the interwebs, I found no shortage of leads about how to build a DIY seismometer. I wondered whether I could build a more compact one using a geophone. quake took place in Chile. If I had a suitably sensitive seismometer, though, I’d be able to measure them. I recently decided that I needed to give this a try.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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So far, lithium has been the hottest metal of 2016, beating out gold, with exponential demand expected over the coming years. Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018. by James Stafford of Oilprice.com.

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Oversold Lithium could be about to rally

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It’s important to remember that prior to the crash, lithium had enjoyed a meteoric rise with prices doubling since the beginning of 2016 and nearly quadrupling over the past decade. Shares of major lithium producers and explorers including Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM), Albemarle Corp.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. In 2020, the size of the market increased four times compared to 2016, reaching an estimated $118 billion. Spain was up 16% at $10 billion, Brazil up 23% at $8.7

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