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U.S. Metal forges forward on greener, lighter metal as aluminum festival heats up

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Metal, that’s intended making an investment in unutilized sorts of metal that may higher compete with aluminum and will meet the wishes of EV fashions and their parts. Whisk the corporate’s VerdeX inexperienced metal providing, as an example. It has additionally intended reimagining the way it makes its merchandise.

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GM leaps ahead in lithium mining race, secures next-gen extraction deal

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EnergyX uses a proprietary system to create pure lithium from brines that would typically not work as part of the “evap.” These facilities will be built in Argentina, Chile, California, Arkansas, and Utah, respectively. ” method, and according to the company, it achieves incredible material ROI.

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USDA establishes four additional Biomass Crop Assistance Program project areas

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Acreage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be designated to grow giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid warm-season grass that can be converted into energy to be used for heat, power, liquid biofuels, and bio-based products. A project area must have specific boundaries that are approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.

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Record $86B in 2011 US oil and gas upstream deals, led by unconventional sector with $62B

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Other large deals in the market include: 1) the E&P portfolio of El Paso Corporation; 2) EnerVest partnerships seeking another Utica shale JV partner or outright sale via a process anticipated in mid-2012 and; 3) Chesapeake working three JV deals (Williston basin, Mississippian and a third undisclosed area). In its analysis, PLS allocated $7.2

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

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Clean Water Act gives Washington regulatory power over water extraction and reinjection across the country, state officials have autonomy to govern other parts of the process. While the 1972 U.S. But Standard can’t touch that lithium until regulations are set.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $30 million in funding for 21 innovative projects as part of the Creating Innovative and Reliable Circuits Using Inventive Topologies and Semiconductors (CIRCUITS) program. Eaton Corporation. University of Arkansas. Earlier post.).

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