Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

°C in the Amazon Basin and the eastern part of the Congo Basin. Hallgren and her colleagues considered two scenarios: one where more forests are cleared to grow biofuel crops, and one where forests are maintained and cropland productivity is intensified through the use of fertilizers and irrigation.

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Teslarati

MAY 16, 2023

16:37 CT – A shareholder asks about Cybersecurity, and what Tesla is doing to protect itself and its products. 16:32 CT – Another shareholder asks about Cybertruck’s target production, and if Musk is looking to step down as CEO. As for Cybertruck’s production, Musk stated that production would follow an S curve.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Reducing tropospheric ozone can improve public health as well as agricultural productivity. The Parties included Micronesia and other small island nations, the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Congo, Nigeria, the 27 countries of the EU, as well as Japan, the US, Canada, and Mexico.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Topics that will be discussed by the company remain to be seen, though questions submitted to Say , an Investor Relations platform, include inquiries about a potential stock split, Cybertruck production, dividends, and 4680 cell production. Energy, in general, got shortchanged since we were focused on Model 3 production.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

OPTEL has partnered with test, inspection and certification specialist Bureau Veritas to create a comprehensive traceability service called V-Trace, which companies and government regulators can use to follow products through their supply chains, from extraction of the raw materials to final assembly. Q&A with OPTEL’s Ken Fallu.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins, a discovery that could help plant scientists boost seed oil production in crops, thereby benefitting the production of food, biorenewable chemicals and biofuels. —Joseph Noel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2023

Through this MOU, the United States will support the commitment between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to develop jointly a supply chain for electric vehicle batteries.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Liane Randolph told Reuters that its 2035 EV mandate was the “sweet spot,” given “where the automakers are, where the supply chains are, and where the production vehicles are.” I don’t think that you can transform the mineral production and extraction within the next two to three years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

miles) offshore Congo. During the production test in the oil interval, the well flowed more than 5,000 barrels of oil per day at 36° API gravity. Eni has been present in Congo since 1968 and today has an equity production of 105,000 barrels of oil per day in the country. billion barrels of oil equivalent in place.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Michael Moats, professor and interim chair of materials science and engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, who says reducing carbon emissions from energy systems in the United States will increase the need for metal production by two to six times per kilowatt of energy production. —Michael Moats.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

These include the financing and construction of an oil refinery in the DRC to be owned jointly by both countries to meet regional demand for refined petroleum products, along with the construction of storage facilities for refined products. West-Central Coastal Province, West Africa. —DRC Minister Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Volkswagen says that it is actively engaging in improving artisanal cobalt mining conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as the living conditions for people in the surrounding communities. Cobalt is an important raw material for the production of electric vehicle batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The vast majority of cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); three-quarters of this is then processed by China. This is supported by strong control of the midstream, with a near monopoly over anode production and more than three-quarters of cathode production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As part of a cross-industry initiative, the BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Cobalt is a key component in the production of batteries for the automotive and electronics industries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Glencore produces cobalt mainly as a by-product of copper mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but also as a by-product of nickel mining in Australia and Canada. Glencore is one of the world’s leading producers of cobalt; in 2020, Glencore produced 27.4 kt of cobalt at its assets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The Democratic Republic of Congo produced 59% of the world’s cobalt. Other lithium-ion battery materials, such as nickel, have a more even distribution of production throughout the world. In 2017, Australia, Chile, and Argentina produced 91% of all lithium while the rest of the world supplied the remaining 9%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

for the supply of spodumene concentrate (SC6) from the Manono Lithium and Tin Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Under the offtake agreement, Yibin Tianyi will purchase up to 200,000t per annum of SC6 for an initial 3-year term following commencement of production with an option to extend for an additional two years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The cross-industry initiative “Cobalt for Development” has started trainings for twelve artisanal mining cooperatives in October in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). —WEF, “Making Mining Safe and Fair: Artisanal cobalt extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2021

China Molybdenum (CMOC) , a leading cobalt and copper producer, recently started trial production from its 10k expansion project at the Tenke Fungurume Mine (TFM) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). TFM mainly produces copper cathode and cobalt hydroxide.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence’s Cobalt Forecast now suggests that cobalt production in the country could increase more than thirty-fold this decade. This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

Glencore, one of the world’s leading producers of cobalt, produces cobalt mainly as a by-product of copper mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but also as a by-product of nickel mining in Australia and Canada. The Benchmark webinar was part of the Cobalt Institute Conference on 19 May 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2021

Fastmarkets reported that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has banned the export of copper and cobalt concentrate. In 2013, after reversing the decision, the government put heightened taxes on cobalt concentrate exports in place.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

Black mass production is the first step in the battery recycling process and is based on mechanical treatment of the batteries. However, process scrap makes up the majority of the global scrap pool in China, due to the large number of battery gigafactories in production. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

The Democratic Republic of the Congo remained the largest source of cobalt supply, accounting for 74% of the global mine supply and 87% (15 kt) of annual growth.Output from the artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) sector is estimated to have increased to 14.5 kt in 2021, 12% of the DRC’s total supply.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Australia (lithium), China (graphite, rare earths), Chile (copper and lithium), the Democratic Republic of Congo (cobalt), Indonesia (nickel) and South Africa (platinum, iridium) are the dominant players. As a result, the industry is highly concentrated, with few controlling a significant portion of global production and trade.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

The Cobalt Institute commissioned Roskill to look at the global trends in cobalt consumption, supply and production in 2020. Cobalt mine production (mainly in the DRC) as a by-product of copper mining results in the production of a Cu-Co concentrate. Source: Cobalt Institute.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has become a member of the Fair Cobalt Alliance (FCA) to underscore FREYR’s commitment to developing a sustainable global battery industry. We are undergoing a major energy transition, moving from fossil fuels to battery-powered technology.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The NGO Pact works alongside local communities in nearly 40 countries to eradicate poverty, notably by making artisanal and small-scale mining formal, safer and more productive. This partnership responds to the will of the Government through its initiative for the defence and promotion of national artisanal production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Roughly 60% of mined cobalt is sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). They estimated supply from scheduled and unscheduled production as well as secondary production to range from 320 to 460 ktonnes. The paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Tantalex Lithium Resources, a Canada-based exploration and development stage mining company, received and executed a term sheet from Glencore International AG for a marketing offtake agreement for the lithium to be produced from its Manono Lithium Tailings Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2021

billion to expand production capacity of its Tenke Fungurume mine (TFM) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In July, the company started trial production from a 10k expansion at another site in the mine. China Molybdenum (CMOC) will invest US$2.51 Earlier post.). Mtpy for oxidized ores and 9.1 Mtpy for mixed ores.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expected to be the source for approximately 69% of mined cobalt in 2020—i.e., These concerns will only increase as greater volumes of production are required to feed demand. Source: Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2021

The pilot is being tested in real operating conditions, from upstream cobalt production facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to downstream electric vehicle productions sites.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Tested in real operating conditions, from upstream cobalt production facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to downstream electric vehicle production sites, the pilot will run until the end of 2021, with the roll-out of the final solution expected in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Ford is working with its international nonprofit and grantmaking partners to support and promote a pilot program that will empower women working in the copper and cobalt supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Democratic Republic of Congo, a leader producer of cobalt, exported approximately 70% of global demand in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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