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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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The team produced the first prototype in May 2016 and conducted initial tests in Germany. The project involves the TUM Chairs of Automotive Technology, Metal Forming and Casting, Industrial Design as well as Strategy and Organization. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT) Tanzania. Otto SPANNER GmbH; Schnupp GmbH & Co.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. China remains the center of the graphite industry. In the electrode industry, China is on the brink of a rapid shift to EAF steel production. Mt in 2017.

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