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SpaceX Starlink team meets with Zambia officials for satellite internet services

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SpaceX is talking with Zambia officials, offering Starlink’s internet services to the country. Recently, Jito Kayumba—the Special Assistant to the Republic of Zambia—tweeted about SpaceX and the country’s officials meeting about Starlink services. Looking forward to providing Starlink service to the people of Zambia!

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Report: Japan and UK to invest jointly in critical minerals in Africa

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The UK agreed with Zambia (known for its production of copper and nickel) in August to aim for a total of £3 billion pounds ($3.77 Under the framework, Japan and the UK would search for mining sites and set up refining facilities in such mineral-rich areas as Africa to diversify their supply sources, according to the report.

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SpaceX Starlink available in Haiti

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Zambia might be the next country to get Starlink internet. In September 2022, Zambia’s President talked with SpaceX officials about Starlink internet service. According to the Special Assistant to the Republic of Zambia–Jito Kayumba–Starlink services would escalate the country’s position in a digital economy.

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India set to become exporter of forged wheels used in railways: Ashwini Vaishnaw – ET Auto

Baua Electric

I am very happy that this plant is being set up in Tamil Nadu, and in another 16-18 months, the production will start.” But if we start today, in five years from now, we will have a good standard gauge product which will be ready for exports. . “For 60-70 years, India was an importer of forged wheels. ” he said.

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Electra updates mineral resource estimate at its Iron Creek cobalt-copper project in Idaho

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The Idaho Cobalt Belt deposits are sediment-hosted copper-cobalt systems that are comparable to some of the largest sedimentary hosted cobalt deposits in the world located in the DRC and Zambia. The 2023 MRE follows the 2014 CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves.

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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Financing was announced for projects in Costa Rica, Dominica, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Tanzania, and the United States, while projects in drilling and start-of-construction phases made headway in Chile, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Montserrat, The Philippines, Rwanda, and Zambia.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

Cars That Think

And our Mingomba project in Zambia is by far the furthest along. Our goal is to get these projects all the way into production so that they’re actually producing the minerals that we need in order to build electric vehicles, in order to build the electrical systems, the batteries, and all the things that we need.