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Stellantis makes $155M investment in McEwen Copper Argentina project

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Stellantis announced a $155-million investment in a copper project located in Argentina, which will make a major contribution to the company’s plan to become carbon net zero by 2038. Los Azules is an advanced-stage porphyry copper exploration project in the San Juan pro-mining province of Argentina. The company is acquiring a 14.2%

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POSCO accelerates production of lithium in Argentina with early stage 2 investment

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POSCO Holdings has moved up the scheduled investment in the second stage of a lithium production operation in Argentina from next year to now, due to increased demand for lithium amid booming investment in the secondary battery sector resulting from the “Inflation Reduction Act ” in the United States. billion (about KRW 1.5

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Gotion to build facility in Argentina capable of producing up to 60,000 tons of lithium carbonate per year

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Gotion batteries produced in Argentina are expected to be used in Germany, India, the United States, Spain and Vietnam, it said. The post Gotion to build facility in Argentina capable of producing up to 60,000 tons of lithium carbonate per year appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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President of Mexico nationalizes lithium

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is to nationalize lithium so that it cannot be exploited by foreigners from Russia, China or the United States. World leaders Bolivia, Argentina and Chile hold 21Mt, 19Mt and 9.8Mt. What we are doing now. —President Obrador The US Geological Survey USGS) ranks Mexico ninth globally for lithium resources, at 1.7Mt.

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$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

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Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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Opinion: Can Argentina Capitalize On Its Vast Shale Reserves?

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Argentina, once a regional energy leader, is now better known for financial busts and bombastic politicians than hydrocarbons prospects. The question today is just how much Argentina is willing to change and how this plays into a low oil price environment that is already negatively impacting investment elsewhere.

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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

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Is the United States self-sufficient or are we relying on imports for these minerals? The source of the information is the International Energy Agency , so the data are applicable in general, and they are not specifically tailored to the cars made in the United States. Argentina, Chile, China, Russia. Rare earths.

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