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Rio Tinto to invest USD 350 million in Argentina lithium project – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The company purchased the Rincon project from Rincon Mining in 2022 for USD 825 mn, and plans to develop a battery-grade lithium carbonate plant with an annual capacity of 3,000 tons. Rio Tinto said it is working with local communities and authorities to ensure environmental standards.

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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

Green Car Congress

—Dr Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. 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. Working towards strict IRMA standard for lithium mining.

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

Green Car Congress

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). We will be working with local communities, the Province of Salta and the Government of Argentina as we develop this project to the highest ESG standards.

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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 firm holds lithium resources across Australia, Argentina, and Mexico and has over 4,844 employees. The company’s flagship project is the Salar de Olaroz lithium-potassium brine project located in the province of Jujuy in northwest Argentina.

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China’s new energy buses are re-exported to Europe

Setec Powerr

As the first bus company in Sweden, Bergkvarabuss chose BYD as its partner for the first large-scale purchase of pure electric buses, which was also the first time that BYD pure electric buses entered Skåne, Sweden. The port city of Trelleborg.

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MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

Green Car Congress

More than 70% of all NGVs and one-half of all fuelling stations can be found in just five countries: Pakistan, Iran, Argentina, Brazil and India. Recently enacted state low-carbon fuel standards (e.g., Another barrier is the higher purchase price or conversion cost. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles.

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Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

Green Car Congress

Second, recent global efficiency standards for passenger vehicles, international freight, and domestic freight present significant changes from decades of stagnation in efficiency. Recent trends suggest that a demand-driven peak is increasingly plausible. First, demand for passenger travel may be saturating in industrialized countries.

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