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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. Although the price trajectory of the metal has been subdued in recent months, the fundamentals behind the long-term trajectory suggest strong potential for long-term growth. Automotive Thrust.

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AECOM awarded contract to build Faraday Future’s $1B N American EV manufacturing plant

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AECOM has been selected to construct the $1-billion, 3-million square foot electric car manufacturing plant for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. In keeping with Faraday Future’s mission, the production facility features a number of elements designed for sustainability and harmonization with Nevada’s natural surroundings.

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Departments of the Navy, Energy and Agriculture award $210M in contracts for 3 drop-in fuel biorefineries; more than 100M gallons/year

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In total, these projects are intended to produce more than 100 million gallons of military-grade fuel beginning in 2016 and 2017 at a price competitive with their petroleum counterparts. Fulcrum BioEnergy: To build a 10-million gpy refinery in McCarran, Nevada. DPA has been re-authorized multiple times since then.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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NASA’s plan, for some years, has been for private industry to take over the routine work of space operations, with NASA as “one of many paying customers.” Nanoracks/Lockheed Martin/Voyager Space Orbital Reef, First Stages Illustration of the first components of Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada’s proposed Orbital Reef space station in orbit.

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The Top 10 EV Battery Makers

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What Castilloux calls a "tsunami of demand" has put unprecedented pressure on battery- and motor-material supply chains, sparking a surge in prices for lithium, nickel, cobalt, neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium. Contemporary Amperex Technology and LG Energy Solution's staggering growth rates from 2016 to 2020 are.

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Anderman report on Tesla’s battery prospects with the Gigafactory

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Menahem Anderman, independent battery expert, consultant and head of the Advanced Automotive Batteries conferences and publications, concludes that with the planned Gigafactory ( earlier post ), now targeted for Nevada, ( earlier post ), Tesla may succeed in accomplishing what the US Government failed to achieve—i.e.,

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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Would it be wrong if I said that the history of the automobile industry has been divided into two parts, before Tesla and after Tesla , some might argue that I understand? In 2008, Tesla unveiled its first effort to reduce the cost of its goods, the Model S sedan, which would cost $76,000, or three-quarters of the Roadster’s price.