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China team develops efficient multifunctional catalyst for conversion of CO2 to gasoline-range hydrocarbons

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This catalyst exhibited 78% selectivity to C 5 -C 11 as well as low (4%) CH 4 at a CO 2 conversion of 22% under industrial relevant conditions. Moreover, the multifunctional catalyst exhibited a remarkable stability for 1,000 h on stream, showing potential to be a promising industrial catalyst for CO 2 conversion to liquid fuels.

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Roskill: Chinese companies step up their pursuit of lithium resources

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Jilin Jien, which bought the Québec Lithium mine and lithium carbonate conversion plant from its creditors in 2016, is understood to have entered bankruptcy in China and had struggled to raise the funds to complete the re-commissioning.

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CRU: lithium price downtrend continues, with disappointing EV sales in China the driver

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Many market players look to Chinese lithium spot prices as a bellwether of market health and therefore the continued decline of lithium prices in China has put mounting pressure on the global lithium market, CRU says. Chinese EV sales through to July totalled 696,000 this year. Although this marks an impressive 41.5%

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Imerys and British Lithium form JV to accelerate development of UK’s largest lithium deposit

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The proposed development will include a quarry, a beneficiation plant and a conversion unit co-located on Imerys’ brownfield site to produce high-purity lithium. British Lithium pilot plant. Mines in Western Australia use floatation to produce a spodumene concentrate of +6% Li which is shipped to refineries in China.

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Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids

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Consumption of lithium in rechargeable batteries by end use, 2012-2017, kt LCE. In addition, in the period to 2017 Roskill forecasts that the main market driver for lithium-ion batteries will gradually switch from portable consumer electronics to electric vehicles, especially hybrid variants. Source: Roskill. Click to enlarge.

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Report: EV Electra aims to make Swedish-engineered Emily GT in Italy

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The Emily GT, an electric sedan prototype created by former Saab engineers in Sweden with Chinese funding, may see production in Italy under the auspices of a Canadian startup, reports Autocar. A version of the latter was publicly shown in 2017.

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Novozymes and M&G Chemicals to collaborate on biomass-based plastics in China

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The bio-refinery will be located in Anhui province, close to Fuyang in Eastern China, and will have capacity to process 1 million metric tons of biomass per year, approximately 4 times the capacity of the biomass conversion facility by Beta Renewables in Crescentino, Italy.

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