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Volkswagen, Stellantis and Glencore backing ACG in $1B purchase of Brazilian nickel sulfide and copper mines

Green Car Congress

The mine possesses an attractive life of mine average C1 cash cost in the first quartile of the global nickel cost curve (c. It plans for an average contained nickel equivalent production of 31ktpa over a 33-year life of mine with an attractive average C1 cash cost in the first quartile of the global nickel cost curve.

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Diesel car registrations in Europe in 2017 down 7.9%; SUV sales up 19.5%; AFVs up 46% but share still low

Green Car Congress

when compared to 2016 and the highest volume of registrations since 2007 when 16.02 A sharp contrast to 2007, when SUVs represented just 8.5% AFVs—including hybrid, electric and plug-in vehicles—accounted for 4.8% of registrations, a total of 737,400 units, which was a volume change of 46.1% on the previous year.

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