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Neo Lithium engages Worley to complete feasibility study of 3Q project

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Neo Lithium has engaged Worley to complete a comprehensive DFS on its flagship, high-grade lithium brine project, 3Q, in Catamarca, Argentina. Limited (CATL), whereby CATL, through a subsidiary controlled by CATL, subscribed for 10,217,503 common shares of Neo Lithium at a price of C$0.84 Earlier post.).

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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The campaign is expected to have a long-lasting effect on premium parts/vehicle prices in China. Coupled with this, the momentum could lead to downward adjustment in premium pricing, which helps provide solid foundation for premium vehicle penetration to further increase in China in the next decade. North America. million units.

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Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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High oil prices, a global economic rebound, and new laws and mandates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, and the United States, among other countries, are all factors behind the surge in production, according to research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for the website Vital Signs Online.

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Electric motorcycles are gaining momentum

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Actor Ewan McGregor and his friend, Charley Boorman, premiered “ Long Way Up ,” which follows them riding from Argentina to Los Angeles on electric Harley-Davidson LiveWire motorcycles. Federal tax credit : Tax credit for the purchase of a new two-wheeled plug-in electric drive motor vehicle. What incentives are available? .

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The Next Big Offshore Boom Is About To Happen in Brazil

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After the oil price collapse and a huge corruption scandal, Petrobras has struggled to stay afloat, let alone find the billions of investments needed to develop new deposits. The US shale patch also has the reserves, but it’s already crowded and production prices are already comparable with some offshore developments.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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The product was offered at a lower price. Biodiesel exports from Argentina are also becoming problematic for the EU producers, EBB said. Differential Export Taxes (DET) maintain a large differential between an export tax on crude soybean oil of. Canadian origin was seized by the Venice customs authorities.

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USDA Long-Term Projections See Ongoing But Slower Growth in Corn Use for Ethanol

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The new projections cover agricultural crop and livestock commodities, agricultural trade and aggregate indicators such as farm income and food prices through 2018. USDA’s projections assume the ethanol tax credit (reduced to $0.45/gallon Normal weather also is assumed throughout the projection period.