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Zimbabwe lithium miners table refinery plans under govt pressure – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Huayou has said it would explore production of battery-grade lithium in Zimbabwe “only when the construction and economic conditions are right” Four lithium mining companies have tabled plans to produce battery-grade lithium in Zimbabwe, a government official said on Monday.

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Benchmark: Africa’s lithium production to increase >10x this decade; potentially 12% of global supply

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Namibia recently banned exports of non-beneficiated ores of critical minerals including lithium following in the footsteps of Zimbabwe, which passed similar legislation in December last year. Some African countries want to increase the amount of value they extract from these minerals before they get exported, Benchmark noted.

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Video Friday: Dusty at Work

Cars That Think

RSL ] Zimbabwe Flying Labs' Tawanda Chihambakwe shares how Zimbabwe Flying Labs got their start, using drones for STEM programs, and how drones impact conservation and agriculture. Zimbabwe Flying Labs ] DARPA thoughtfully provides a video tour of the location of every artifact on the SubT Final prize course.

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

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The available programs are focused on forest protection in the US, hydropower in Vietnam, solar energy in Mexico, and species diversity in Zimbabwe. Porsche customers can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support. How much does it cost?

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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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million tons; Congo (Kinshasa), Russia, and Serbia, 1 million tons each; Czechia, 840,000 tons; Zimbabwe, 500,000 tons; Spain, 400,000 tons; Mali, 200,000 tons; Brazil and Mexico, 180,000 tons each; Portugal, 100,000 tons; and Austria, 50,000 tons. Identified lithium resources in Argentina are 9.8

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Video Friday: Penguins and Huskies

Cars That Think

Agility ] Zimbabwe Flying Labs' Tawanda Chihambakwe shares how Zimbabwe Flying Labs started using drones for STEM programs and how drones impact conservation and agriculture. [ SRI is at the forefront of developments that have and will continue to redefine manufacturing, medicine, safety, and so much more. [ CollMot ].

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From Chip Factories & EV Production Lines To Superchargers: Morocco’s EV Ecosystem Is Blossoming

CleanTechnica EVs

We try to cover what is happening in all the key EV markets of the world, and we increasingly cover quite a lot of content focusing on the development of the African EV market. We are always on the lookout for any interesting developments. There is a lot of exciting stuff happening all over the […].