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QOTD: Do You Actually Care About Chinese Imports?

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annually, having Oakville Assembly down means Ford had to come up with something and it elected to pull China out of the bullpen — setting the SUV up to become Ford’s very first Chinese import. Though it’s been taking action that has helped improve Chinese sales figures in recent years — the worst period of the pandemic notwithstanding.

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Report: Chinese Export Rule Changes Could Impact EV Battery Production

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Starting this month, the Chinese government requires permits for certain graphite products being exported. It could even be argued that it further advantages Chinese industries while exacerbating environmental concerns by forcing companies to move countless tons of graphite halfway around the world on container ships.

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Studies highlight effects of different gasoline components on fuel economy, combustion and emissions

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Researchers at Jilin University (China) have investigated the effect of gasoline components on fuel economy, combustion and emissions in a GDI (gasoline-direct-injection) engine. So far, there are few complete comparative studies about the effect of different components of gasoline on fuel economy. The first paper (Han et al.

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Deutsche Bank CCA report highlights Chinese global leadership toward a low-carbon economy; 12th Five-Year Plan

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According to Hu Angang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 33.3% of the targets in the 12 th Five Year Plan address resource or environmental objectives compared to 27.2% th _Five_Year_Plan.pdf">12 th Five Year Plan – Chinese Leadership Towards A Low Carbon Economy. in the prior 11 th Five Year Plan. —DBCCA.

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Report says lithium from California’s Salton Sea can anchor US battery supply chain

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The world is in a race to dominate the electric vehicle market—the Europeans have made their Battery Alliance a priority and the Chinese are chomping at the bit. Some experts estimate that the known lithium resource in the Salton Sea can meet more than one-third of today’s global lithium demand. Source: New Energy Nexus.

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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

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and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% One project of particular importance is the Korea Tungsten project located in the Sangdong Mine of South Korea, which hosts one of the largest tungsten resources in the world.

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U of Birmingham, Bentley and partners in rare-earth recycling project; RaRE

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In the last 30 years their use has increased exponentially, and although they are increasingly important in the transition to a low carbon economy, less than 1% of these magnets is recycled. HyProMag has since received substantial investment from Mkango Resources, which will be fully funding HyProMag’s contribution to RaRE. Resources.

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