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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. Volume produced will be marketed by each shareholder based on their respective shareholding in the project.

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Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Rincon lithium project for $825M

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Rio Tinto has completed the acquisition of the Rincon lithium project in Argentina for $825 million, following approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). The project is a long-life, scaleable resource capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate. Earlier post.).

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Neo Lithium closes strategic investment with CATL; ~8% stake; 3Q project

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The 3Q Project (Tres Quebradas Lithium Project) is located in Catamarca Province, the largest lithium producing area in Argentina, and covers approximately 35,000 ha including a salar complex of approximately 16,000 ha. NLC conducted extensive processing and metallurgical studies to identify the preferred process for its 3Q Project.

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EIA: New import duties drove biomass-based diesel imports down in 2017

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Although increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets have driven increased biomass-based diesel demand in recent years, imports fell in 2017 largely because of US Department of Commerce (DOC) import duties imposed on foreign biodiesel volumes sourced from Argentina and Indonesia, two of the leading exporters of biodiesel, EIA said.

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Is standard lithium LTD a sham?

EV Info

Now we have a claim against a Canadian Lithium Miner – Standard lithium. The Canadian stock market has plenty of small miners of all types that claim fantastic returns and special propriety technology to transform their industry. With the ramp in EV sales the market has looked at Lithium miners and producers as potential big winners.

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EIA: US biodiesel and renewable diesel imports decline 36% in 2014

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EIA attributed the decline mainly to uncertainty surrounding future Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the absence of a late-year influx of volumes from Argentina. The remaining volumes of regular biodiesel imports entered the United States primarily on the East Coast, mostly from Indonesia and Argentina.

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Toyota Tsusho to acquire 15% stake in lithium miner Orocobre for US$232 million

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Toyota Tsusho and Orocobre have been long-term partners in the development of the Salar de Olaroz Lithium Facility in Jujuy Province in northern Argentina, a lithium brine project, which was brought into successful production in 2014. The measured and indicated resource of 6.4

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