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Rio Tinto, Mongolia resolve issues over $6.925B Oyu Tolgoi copper project; underground operations to start

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Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ) and the Government of Mongolia have reached an agreement that will move the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) copper mine project ( earlier post ) forward, resetting the relationship between the partners and increasing the value the project delivers for Mongolia.

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Benchmark: battery supply chain hit by Chinese energy cuts

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Hunan and Inner Mongolia are among the most affected areas of the battery supply chain, with the former a production hub for cathodes and the latter a hub for synthetic graphite anode processing.

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Giga Carbon Neutrality secures contract for 200 hydrogen and battery EV trucks and machinery in China

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Giga Carbon Neutrality (GCN) has secured a contract to supply 200 hydrogen and battery EV powered heavy trucks and associated engineering machinery from The People’s Government of Ejin Horo Banner, an administrative division of Ordos City of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China.

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NIO unveils production electric SUV for China market; NIO ES8 to launch end of this year

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China-based electric vehicle startup NIO unveiled the NIO ES8, an electric SUV planned for serial production for the China market later this year. The manufacturing and supply chain that will produce the ES8 is already in place, the company said. The NIO ES8 is a full-size 7-seat electric SUV with a 2-3-2 seating arrangement.

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Sinopec Xinjiang Kuqa green hydrogen pilot project enters operation

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As China’s first green hydrogen demonstration project of over 10,000-tonne capacity and based on solar power, it is expected to produce 20,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year that will be supplied to Sinopec’s Tahe refinery. Sinopec’s Xinjiang Kuqa Green Hydrogen Pilot project enters operation, leading China’s green hydrogen development.

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Clean Global Energy in JV for $400M Underground Coal Gasification Project in China

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Ltd of Beijing, China (YSJY ), Inner Mongolia Gu Xin Mining Co. Ltd of Beijing, China (GX) and Goldbridge Clean Tech Energy of East Sussex, United Kingdom (GB) to undertake a US$400M commercial UCG (underground coalgasification) project on GX’s Inner Mongolia coal deposit. Underground coal gasification. Click to enlarge.

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Molycorp to accelerate initial start-up of new rare earth processing facility; $114M additional investment

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We are accelerating our start-up because of robust rare earth oxide markets and very favorable project economics. This acceleration also expands the diversity of global supply, which is an increasingly urgent matter for rare earth consumers. The acceleration effort will be funded from current cash flow and existing cash balances.

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