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BASF and Catholic University of the North in Chile collaborate on mining research, development and innovation

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BASF and the Catholic University of the North (UCN) in Antofagasta, Chile, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote research, development and innovation in mining. The aim of this collaboration is to strengthen the cooperation between academia, students and industry experts.

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Italy’s Iren, Australia’s Altamin sign MoU for lithium recovery – ET Auto

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The European Union and Italy are highly dependent on foreign imports of the metal, which is largely produced in Australia, Chile and China. “The project with Altamin is among the first European projects to connect industrial needs and circular economy processes,” Iren Chairman Luca Dal Fabbro said in the statement.

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Detect Quakes With “Raspberry Shakes”

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Geophones are commonly used in the oil and gas industry for seismic surveying, where the seismic waves are artificially generated to probe the ground below. I investigated what some other Web-connected Raspberry Shakes had recorded during that earthquake. quake took place in Chile. Since that time, a larger (magnitude 6.2)

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Pacific Road To Acquire 10% Stake In UCG Company Carbon Energy Limited from CSIRO

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Carbon Energy owns or has exclusive rights to all the intellectual property rights to CSIRO’s UCG technology and will continue to work closely with CSIRO whose working relationship with Carbon Energy is not connected, formally or otherwise, with the status of its shareholding in the company.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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Electrical Grid Connections. While future demand from the automotive industry is significant, the real game changer for the lithium industry may be electrical grid storage. In some locations, grid-scale peaking applications have already been implemented, often in old coal power plants, re-using the building and grid connections.

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A Serial Entrepreneur Shares Lessons Learned on His Road to Success

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The company, based in Cochin, aimed to help businesses and other organizations connect with customers. “I Investing in others gives me the ability to learn about new industries,” he says. He left in 2012 and founded Profoundis with three former classmates: Jofin Joseph , Nithin Sam Oommen , and Anoop Thomas Mathew. I was 23 years old.

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BG Group sanctions US$15B coal seam gas to LNG project; first such

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First LNG exports are planned to commence from 2014, underpinned by agreements in Chile, China, Japan and Singapore for the purchase of up to 9.5 Potentially a 150 km Lateral Pipeline which enables the connection of additional CSG fields to the Export Pipeline. mtpa of LNG. trillion cubic feet (tcf) – equivalent to more than 2.9

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