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Chinese steel group Tsingshan investing $375M to build lithium plant in Argentina with Eramet

Green Car Congress

China’s Tsingshan , the world’s largest producer of stainless steel, will invest $375 million to build a lithium plant in Argentina with French multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet. Our decision to carry out our lithium project in Argentina is in line with the dynamic of strong market growth. Background.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group already signed a contract for the procurement of lithium from hard-rock deposits at Australian mines back in 2019. Now, the company is broadening its supplier base and additionally sourcing lithium from Argentina, where the raw material is obtained from brine from salt lakes.

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Conservation group opposing Thacker Pass lithium mine seeks endangered status for Kings River pyrg (snail)

Green Car Congress

Lithium Americas is focused on advancing the Cauchari-Olaroz and Pastos Grandes projects in Argentina and the Thacker Pass project in Nevada. In 2019, Lithium Americas entered into a mine design, consulting and mine operations agreement with Sawtooth Mining, a subsidiary of North American Coal. Earlier post.). Thacker Pass. Background.

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Nissan Frontier Sentinel pickup concept unveiled in São Paulo; two LEAF battery packs

Green Car Congress

Frontier Sentinel also stands out for its snorkel, which lets it navigate deep-water crossings, and a special lighting system on top of the windshield. Argentina will join the program in 2019. Inside, the truck has an Electric-Yellow dashboard and central console. 100% electric.

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Dark Matter Data Saved Via Parachute

Cars That Think

What saved the day was two data recovery systems (whose specs the researchers recently published ) that earlier in the day had already parachuted down to the Patagonia region of Argentina, rescuing more than 200 gigabytes of SuperBIT observations. It’s like streaming Netflix down from the edge of space.”

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

Green Car Congress

Driven by the rise of battery gigafactories and game-changing Powerwall and energy storage businesses, the world now finds itself at the beginning of a lithium super cycle that is all about securing new supply, much of which is poised to come from lithium superstar Argentina.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

Lithium is a metal that is mined in the deserts of Australia, China, Argentina, and Chile. You have enough electricity to power all the cars in the country if you stop refining oil Refining oil takes a huge amount of energy and generates even more pollution What about Lithium mining? So what about the lithium used in EV batteries?

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