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Rio Tinto starts demonstration plant in Québec for new spodumene concentration process

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Rio Tinto has started producing spodumene concentrate, a mineral used in the production of lithium for batteries, at a demonstration plant in its Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) Québec Operations in its metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Canada.

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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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per annum, global output is expected to triple between 2018 and 2022 to reach 154kt (metal content), as 86kt of new metal capacity comes on stream to meet the increasing demand for the metal for use in batteries in electric vehicles and smartphones. million tons; China, 7 million tons; Australia, 5 million tons; Canada, 1.9

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. While the United States has been a leader in electric mobility in many ways, we also lag behind several countries in EV market share.

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Korean consortium forming JV with Bolivian miner Comibol for lithium production in Salar de Uyuni

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million tons of identified lithium resources, respectively, while Brazil, Congo, and Serbia each contain approximately 1 million tons. Identified lithium resources for Australia and Canada total 630,000 tons and 360,000 tons, respectively. The global lithium market has been expanding by 6% annually since 2000, according to KORES.

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U.S. vs. China Rivalry Boosts Tech—and Tensions

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consumer market fed China’s export engine, itself outfitted with U.S. In 1992, Gates led Microsoft into China ’s fledgling software market. B-2 Stealth Bomber dropped bombs on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, killing three people. Already, China is. Ironically, China is a competitor that the United States abetted.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Although there is widespread interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs), the US—one of the largest auto markets in the world—expresses higher levels of resistance than most nations, according to a new study by Ipsos, a leading global market research firm.