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Benchmark: Saudi Arabia is building an EV battery supply chain

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Although the Saudi government has been investing into the EV sector since 2018, the midstream and upstream segments are still in their early stages, Benchmark noted. March 2023: Novonix announced a joint venture deal to build a 30,000 tonne capacity graphite anode materials facility with TAQAT Development, a Saudi energy company.

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Persistent Expands Its Electric Mobility Venture Building To West Africa, Partners With SolarTaxi

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Ghanaian company SolarTaxi, which was started by Jorge Appiah in 2018, has been making good progress in the electric mobility sector. SolarTaxi’s vision is to become the leading e-mobility product and services company in West Africa.

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Volkswagen founds mobility services company in Rwanda; to begin local assembly of Polo and Passat

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The objective is to provide modern integrated mobility services in Africa in future. As part of its worldwide regionalization strategy, Volkswagen is planning to expand its business presence significantly in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is planned to initially build the Volkswagen Polo and Passat models.

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Pike forecasts 26.4% CAGR for electric-drive buses to 2018; hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell

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from 2012 to 2018. Sales of electric drive buses in Western Europe will experience steady growth (around a 20% CAGR), as the hybrid market begins to take off and there is continued interest in building the electric and fuel cell bus markets, according to Pike. million kWh by 2018, a CAGR of 42%. 22,240 kWh by 2018.

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Northern Graphite closes acquisition of two graphite mines; 3rd largest non-Chinese graphite company

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Northern now also has two large-scale development projects, Bissett Creek in Ontario and an expansion of Okanjande in Namibia, which it intends to build to meet growing EV demand. million in lease payments for use of the land and buildings. Bissett Creek has been independently rated as the highest margin graphite project in the world.

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UN: world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100

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The population of sub-Saharan Africa is projected to double by 2050 (99% increase). births per woman, on average, over a lifetime in sub-Saharan Africa (4.6), Oceania excluding Australia/New Zealand (3.4), Northern Africa and Western Asia (2.9), and Central and Southern Asia (2.4). (A In 2019, fertility remains above 2.1

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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With prices set to double by 2018, we’ve seen the bottom of the uranium market, and the negative sentiment that has followed this resource around despite strong fundamentals, is starting to change. First and foremost, the world is building more nuclear reactors right now than ever before, despite Fukushima. and Denison Mines Corp.

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