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BMW Group to source lithium from Livent

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Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. 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. View of the salt lake Salar del Hombre Muerto in northern Argentina.

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

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The underlying assumption is that the world will immediately use whatever oil can be pumped from the ground, and that supply is independent of demand—that is, oil exploration investments bear no relation to the current oil price or expectations of future demand. as in an economic contraction where demand and price decline).

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 tons of GHG (greenhouse gasses) per electric car [3]. tons of GHG (greenhouse gasses) per electric car [3].

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Nanjing team develops solar-powered electrolysis process for extraction of lithium from seawater

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Shortage of future lithium supply and the uneven distribution of current lithium resources. the geographic distribution of land-based lithium resources is uneven, with more than 98% of the total reserves concentrated in Chile, Argentina, China, and Australia. . … Yang et al. —Yang et al. —Yang et al.

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Gevo transitioning Luverne plant to produce both isobutanol and ethanol; “side-by-side” configuration

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Gevo expects benefits of this integrated production configuration to include: Producing ethanol improves Luverne’s operating environment for the optimization of isobutanol production by creating a continuous, stable mash flow and consistent recycle of water back to the fermenters. the “side-by-side” model. Other recent highlights.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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The risk to business is that it faces more unpredictable and extreme weather, and disruptions to market and supply chains. Sectors dependent on food, water, energy or ecosystem services need to scrutinise the resilience and viability of their supply chains. Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina).

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Nature editorial: environmental and human costs of Li-ion technology must be addressed quickly

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Extracting the raw materials, mainly lithium and cobalt, requires large quantities of energy and water. One crucial intervention, which needs further study, is the acceleration of battery reuse instead of, or in addition to, recycling them or disposing of them in landfills.

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