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TKM), will begin exporting the Etios series sedan and hatchback to South Africa in March 2012. The models for export will be based on the Etios platform currently sold in India, but will be developed and produced to fit the lifestyles, consumer preferences, climate, road conditions and usage considerations in South Africa.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

GE South African Technologies (GESAT), GE Transportation’s entity in South Africa, will supply 100 locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). TFR is South Africa’s state-owned rail freight logistics utility; Transnet Limited is its parent company.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Airbus and South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre will jointly fund research by Hydrogen South Africa (HySA) into the application of fuel cells on airliners. With demand for air transport doubling every 15 years, the global airline industry will require nearly 30,000 new aircraft (over 100 seats) by 2032.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Monotonic growth in global demand for critical metals to 2050 is the most prevalent trend. —Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank.

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JULY 1, 2021

Diversifying the global supply chain would require significant investment from regions such as Europe and North America, according to the latest Battery Metals Outlook from research company BloombergNEF. Lithium well-supplied up to 2025: The carbonate and hydroxide should be sufficiently supplied until at least 2025.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

GWP processing routes using both grid-mix electricity and renewable electricity were evaluated in-line with LCA best-practice and Global Battery Alliance requirements for the battery passport. HPMSM produced in China using ore from South Africa has higher levels of trace elements of fluorine and silicon compared to Chvaletice’s HPMSM.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Critical has executed a 10-year slag supply agreement with Scandinavian steel giant SSAB to access approximately 2Mt of stockpiled high-grade vanadium-bearing Slag from three operating steel mills. Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

earlier post ) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with ACIA Aero Leasing (ACIA), a regional aircraft lessor with offices in Ireland, France, Canada, Mauritius, and South Africa. Universal Hydrogen Co.

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MAY 12, 2021

This project further expands our addressable market to include electrification of the freight rail sector representing a major global opportunity for the reduction of greenhouse gases. These customers include global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the passenger rail, maritime, bus, truck and specialized vehicles sectors.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Global mining company, Anglo American, has engaged Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) to develop its new Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV): a 290-tonne electrically powered mining haul truck, which is set to be the world’s largest electrified vehicle. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

Aurizon , Australia’s largest rail freight operator, and leading global mining company Anglo American will work together on a feasibility study to assess the introduction of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight. Earlier post.)

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Needless to say, EV sales are increasing globally. Coming in second is Norway, followed by Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom rounding out the top five countries for EV adoption, according to the most recent version of the Electric Vehicle Country Readiness Index from ​​ Ernst & Young Global Ltd.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Mercedes-Benz is realigning its global passenger cars manufacturing activities and is strengthening its German passenger cars locations with investments worth billions of euros. “ The new manufacturing organization Mercedes-Benz Operations (MO) is based on global production networks and centralized responsibility for logistics and quality.

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OCTOBER 12, 2013

Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) will work together to develop and to implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent. The aerospace company’s plan to work with SAA is the first such project in Africa.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The mobile solution offered by Group subsidiary Rheinmetall Denel Munition in South Africa assures climate-neutral energy security for stationary and mobile infrastructure in civil and industrial settings as well as for expedition and outdoor applications. Production volume can be tailored to meet individual requirements.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

SDCmaterials, a developer of advanced catalyst products based on a novel materials fabrication and integration platform, announced a partnership and formalized a supply agreement with Car Sound, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and catalytic converters for the automotive aftermarket.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The global fuel cell industry surpassed $1 billion in revenue in 2012, growing from $847.5 The new funding round will support Oorja’s continued success supplying the OorjaPac to the material handling business. Earlier post.) million in 2011 to $1.3 billion in 2012, according to a 2013 report by Navigant Research.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. The Outlook for Energy provides ExxonMobil’s long-term view of global energy demand and supply. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

It will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers in Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America. Joint engine development and production in addition to engine cross-supply projects mark a one of a kind cooperation in the powertrain segment covering engines and transmissions.

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JULY 31, 2017

South Africa has the potential to produce more than 400,000 tonnes of ethanol per year from existing ferroalloy and titania producers. This would prevent the release of more than 700,000 tonnes of CO 2 per annum—the equivalent to removing 250,000 cars from South Africa’s roads.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

These efforts could also supply biofuel to ground and marine vehicles, saving about 1 million tons of CO 2 emissions per year on a life cycle basis across the transportation sector, the study found. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd., of Vancouver.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

South Africa and India have good iron ore reserves and the potential to produce a large amount of low-cost clean power. The world’s largest iron ore producer, Australia, however, currently produces lower grade ores, and could lose its number one place in the supply chain, if it does not invest in equipment to upgrade its product.

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billion people around the world who don’t have meaningful access to it, according to a Brookings Institution report, “Bridging the Global Digital Divide.” About 60 percent to 80 percent of humanitarian funding is spent on logistics and supply-chain activities,” Nitschke says. But that’s not the case for more than 3.5

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JULY 15, 2016

The SAA and Mango flights carried 300 passengers from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Boeing 737-800s using a blend of 30% aviation biofuel produced from Sunchem’s nicotine-free tobacco plant Solaris , refined by AltAir Fuels and supplied by SkyNRG. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Similarly, having a distribution line (often illegally rigged) running to a dwelling tells us nothing about the usage of power or the reliability of its supply. Global electrification has risen steadily since World War II, reaching 73 percent in 2000 and 90 percent in 2019 (the pandemic year of 2020 was the.

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JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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APRIL 4, 2009

Optimal Energy , the Cape Town, South Africa-based company that unveiled the Joule full battery-electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 ( earlier post ), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from 2010 onwards, with mass production to start in South Africa from 2012.

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Russia ranks second in the extraction of both crude oil (behind the United States and ahead of Saudi Arabia) and natural gas (behind the United States and ahead of Iran), and it is the sixth-largest producer of coal (behind Australia and ahead of South Africa). share in 2020, by contrast, was about 9 percent.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Highlights of the report include: In Q3, global Model S orders increased by more than 50% from a year ago, and grew at a faster pace in North America, Europe and Asia, than during Q2. Tesla said it was seeing very strong demand for Tesla Energy products globally, and particularly in Australia, Germany and South Africa.

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APRIL 7, 2015

The primary target markets for the truck are Europe, Australia, South Africa and Latin America. Entering the rapidly growing segment of midsize pickups is an important step in continuing our global growth path. A high parts localization rate is expected to expand the supply bases in Spain and Argentina significantly.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The more than 20 year-old international effort to save the ozone layer ranks among the most successful examples of cooperation and collaboration among nations—the original chemicals, known as CFCs, were phased-out globally in 2010 and countries are freezing and then phasing-out the replacements, HCFCs.

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JUNE 2, 2009

This dependency makes the US vulnerable to supply disruptions. Commercial acceptance and deployment of hydrogen separation membranes utilizing Group VB and VIIIB metals could potentially have global economic and environmental impacts. The PGM occur in nature in close association with one another, as well as with nickel and copper.

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MAY 13, 2011

As it announced during its investor conference earlier this week, Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, has increased its 2013 earnings growth objectives to adjusted earnings per share of at least $6.00, or operating EBITDA of at least $1.7 Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). million tons.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Recycling provided the only source of domestic supply for antimony, bismuth, chromium, germanium, tin, tungsten, and vanadium. The other leading producers of critical minerals were Australia and South Africa with three critical minerals each and Congo (Kinshasa) with two critical minerals.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1% Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 18, 2013

SMART is focusing on global urban regions, and has identified five “themes” that fill unaddressed gaps and guide and inform the program’s collaborative research, pilot projects, and education activities. The initiative, which funds 10 global sustainability research projects in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the United States.

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JULY 2, 2014

This enables the same product to be manufactured at several different sites or many products to be manufactured at a single site; simplifies planning, facilitates management, enables adjustments to global capacity and lowers entry costs. Last year, Renault began sales of the Duster sports utility vehicle in the UK and South Africa.

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