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Alcoa outlines technology roadmap to decarbonize aluminum industry

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outlined a technology roadmap to support its vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. The technology also retains all the water from the original feedstock. The process reduces water consumption by up to 35%. As feedstock for this process, Alcoa is targeting Zorba auto shred scrap as a raw material.

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Volkswagen quits Australian auto industry lobby over emissions standards – Charged EVs

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Volkswagen Australia has broken with this trend—the business unit has distanced itself from the policies of Australia’s auto industry trade group, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries , which is waging a campaign against new emissions standards. The FCAI naturally wants the government to water down its policy.

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Chile’s lithium dreams raise water concerns in the desert – ET Auto

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. ‘It won’t rain anymore’ In Chile, lithium is produced through the evaporation of brine in ponds or pools filled with water pumped from underneath salt flats. Experts say the method puts several animal and plant species at risk with the loss of tons of water in one of the most arid places on Earth.

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Advantage Vidarbha launches first edition of Khasdar Industrial Mahotsav in Nagpur | Autocar Professional

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The Association of Industrial Development (AID) has inaugurated the first edition of ‘Khasdar Industrial Mahotsav – Advantage Vidarbha’ in Nagpur. Over 250 exhibitors, with 90% representing the Vidarbha industry, are participating, highlighting the diversity and strength of the region’s industrial landscape.

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Kolhapur has potential to be auto component mfg hub: Gadkari – ET Auto

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Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said Kolhapur had the potential to become a hub for manufacturing automobile components and that govt was looking to turn the ethanol industry into a INR 2-lakh-crore sector. Kolhapur is home to sugar mills and we are going to make the ethanol industry a INR 2-lakh-crore sector.

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Topsoe to build world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer production facility; 500 MW scalable to 5 GW; focusing on Power-to-X

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Topsoe intends to construct the world’s largest and most advanced industrial-scale electrolyzer production plant. To produce hydrogen, it utilizes electricity to split water molecules (H 2 O) into hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ). This is accomplished by three components: an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte.

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Tesla Giga Berlin gets Green Party support despite critics’ water consumption woes

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Tesla Giga Berlin received support from Green Party politicians over concerns about the automaker’s expected water consumption. Hofreiter inquired about the amount of water Tesla’s Gigafactory would need. The Green Party leader was optimistic about Giga Berlin and saw no water problems in Tesla’s factory.

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