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China aims to exert influence on Afghan mining sector via investments – ET Auto

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The Taliban ambassador to China, in a meeting with the Minister of Mines and Petroleum of the group, stated that China desires further investment in Afghanistan’s mines. Beijing , has notably, focused on the country’s vast mineral deposits since the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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This is important because many industry lobbying groups argue that current levels are too stringent and should be relaxed. For example, poverty-stricken countries facing a higher diabetes-pollution risk include Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Guyana, while richer countries such as France, Finland and Iceland experience a lower risk.

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Secretary of the Navy Sets Target for 50% of Total Energy Consumption from Alternative Sources by 2020; Role for Biofuels and EVs

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fossil fuel consumption has a deep impact upon our forces and our force structure, both in terms of the resources required to get fuel and to move it to the ships, tanks, aircraft, and equipment that need it, and in the Sailors and Marines whose duty it is to protect the ships or convoys moving the gas.

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Landsat Proved the Power of Remote Sensing

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As an example, he noted the United States was in the process of developing new satellites to survey Earth’s natural resources. Three years later, on 23 July 1972, NASA launched what would be the first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS). Last November, the Landsat Archive added its 10 millionth scene , an image of the Dead Sea.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Putin has highlighted on various occasions the contribution Russia’s mineral wealth, in particular oil and natural gas, must make for Russia to be able to sustain economic growth, promote industrial development, catch up with the developed economies, and modernize Russia’s military and military industry. Live by Energy….

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Groundbreaking in Turkmenistan for major synthetic gasoline plant; first full-scale Haldor Topsøe TIGAS facility

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The plant has been awarded by the national gas company Turkmengas, and Topsøe will be working alongside the Japanese contractor Kawasaki Heavy Industry Ltd. and the Turkish contractor Rönesans Turkmen to engineer and construct the facility. Topsoe Gasoline Isomerization Catalyst GIK-10. Spath and D.C.