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Rio Tinto achieves battery-grade lithium production at Boron plant

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An initial small-scale trial in 2019 successfully proved the process of roasting and leaching waste rock to recover high grades of lithium. Rio Tinto’s lithium pipeline includes the Jadar lithium-borate project in Serbia, for which a feasibility study is expected to complete by the end of 2021.

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How Fiat joined Toyota, Hyundai in key metric

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Unveiled on the 2019 Geneva auto display, the Centoventi highlighted concepts to “make electric mobility accessible to everybody,” Francois stated at day. The brandnew automotive is predicted being in line with Stellantis’ brandnew “Smart car” structure and be in-built Kragujevac, Serbia.

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Rio Tinto declares maiden ore reserve at Jadar; major potential source of battery-grade lithium carbonate

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Rio Tinto disclosed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) a maiden Ore Reserve and updated Mineral Resource at its 100% owned Jadar lithium-borates project in western Serbia. It represents a significant investment for Serbia with both direct and indirect economic benefits, and would become the country’s second largest exporter.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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For example, the market share for plug-in vehicles in Germany grew from 3% in 2019 to 13.5% million in 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying economic downturn. In addition, the adoption of supportive policies will help boost the shift to electric transportation. in 2020, and the UK market went from 3.2%

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Fiat unveils 5 new boxy ‘Panda-inspired’ concept cars

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The new Panda BEV version will be produced at a plant in Kragujevac, Serbia, where Stellantis made a €190 million ($200 million) deal to get its EV production up and running. The 2024 version is made in the Mirafiori factory in Turin, Italy, compared to the 2019 built in Mexico.

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Travelling after Brexit

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If this happens, UK motor insurance customers driving in the European Economic Area, Andorra, Serbia and Switzerland will need physical proof of motor insurance when they travel, commonly referred to as a Green Card. Will my driving licence be valid to drive in the EU after March 2019? What is the Green Card and why do I need it?

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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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in 2019, is projected to decline further to 2.2 In 2019, fertility remains above 2.1 years in 2019, is expected to increase further to 77.1 In 2019, life expectancy at birth in the least developed countries lags 7.4 In 2019, life expectancy at birth in the least developed countries lags 7.4 years in 1990 to 72.6

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