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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Although Nigeria has reduced flare gas emissions by 28% from 2000 levels, the country’s oil industry still wastes 15bcm of natural gas every year. Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year. Expand access to financing.

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Live Blog: Tesla (TSLA) 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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Musk laughs a bit, adding that building factories is pretty hard. In Tesla land, it takes longer to build the factory than to reach high volume production,” Musk said. Elon also adds that Tesla’s factory safety has improved to about 18% above the industry standard. “The ‘Model 2’ is not a car,” Elon said.

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BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics launch cross-industry project to support sustainable cobalt mining

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As part of a cross-industry initiative, the BMW Group, BASF SE, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electronics have launched a joint cobalt pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This fully privately financed project seeks to pilot an approach to address challenges in artisanal mining.

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UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

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For example, two-thirds of all cobalt production happens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In the DRC, this would mean building processing plants and refineries that would add value and, potentially, jobs within the country. Brazilian mine. Agência Brasil/José Cruz. Source: UN.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). Source: BNEF.

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Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals – ET Auto

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A meltdown in some of the most-hyped energy-transition metals is wreaking havoc across the mining world, stalling projects, scuppering deals and triggering a scramble for cash that promises to reverberate through the industry for years. Building new mines takes years and sometimes decades, and stalled projects can often be hard to restart.

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Ford, Huayou Cobalt, IBM, LG Chem, RCS Global launch blockchain pilot to address concerns in strategic mineral supply chains; cobalt to start

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By collaborating with other leading industries in this network, our intent is to use state-of-the-art technology to ensure materials produced for our vehicles will help meet our commitment to protecting human rights and the environment. Focus industries for the solution include automotive, aerospace and defense, and consumer electronics.

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