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Elon Musk provides critical context on hotly-debated “emerald mine” story

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As per the Community Note, which has since disappeared from the post, the post was reportedly “misleading” because Musk “was born into an extremely wealthy family in South Africa.” ” In posts on Twitter in December 2019, however, Musk noted that his father “didn’t own an emerald mine.”

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Sibanye-Stillwater investing $490M to create 50:50 JV with ioneer for US-based Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron project

Green Car Congress

South Africa-based Sibanye-Stillwater will establish. a joint venture company with Australia-based ioneer with respect to ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project. Development of the greater pit will start once the environmental permits for this development have been granted. Quarry Stage 2.

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DOE to Award Up to $5M in Grants for RD on Hydrogen Production from Coal

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Global deposits of PGMs are quite limited with the largest quantities located in South Africa and Russia. Currently, there are fewer than ten significant PGM mining companies in the world with declining production over the past 10 years.

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