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

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China, Mexico, Canada, India. Chile, Canada, Mexico. Canada, Norway, Finland, Russia. Gabon, South Africa, Australia, Georgia. Norway, Canada, Japan, Finland. Canada, Mexico, Peru, Spain. Natural graphite. Argentina, Chile, China, Russia. Rare earths. China, Estonia, Japan, Malaysia.

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GlobalData: Global coal production set to grow to 2022, despite major players scaling down capacities

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Although Germany, the UK, US, Canada and Ukraine are phasing out domestic coal production capacity, expansion of production capacity in countries such as India and Indonesia is predicted to generate modest annual growth of 1.3% in coal production over the next four years, with output reaching 7.6 —Vinneth Bajaj.

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ACIA Aero Leasing LOI with Universal Hydrogen for up to 30 regional aircraft conversions to hydrogen power

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earlier post ) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with ACIA Aero Leasing (ACIA), a regional aircraft lessor with offices in Ireland, France, Canada, Mauritius, and South Africa. Universal Hydrogen Co. The conversion consists of a fuel cell electric powertrain that replaces the existing turboprop engines.

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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CP operates a 21,000-km (13,000-mile) rail network across Canada and the USthat serves deep-water ports on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In 2018, year-over-year, Canada's freight rail sector’s workload, measured by gross ton-miles, increased by 6.2%, and increased 10.1% compared with the five-year average.

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LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

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HPMSM produced in China using ore from South Africa has higher levels of trace elements of fluorine and silicon compared to Chvaletice’s HPMSM. Additional analysis of the GWP for different cathode metals shows that Chvaletice manganese has the lowest kg CO– eq.

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Elon Musk biopic based on Walter Isaacson biography in the works

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His challenging childhood in South Africa, his move to Canada, and his years as the founder of Zip2 and X.com, which eventually became PayPal, feature several notable events that made the CEO who he is today. Elon Musk’s life certainly has a lot of elements that could be worth a movie adaptation.

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Boeing, Canadian aviation industry launch sustainable aviation biofuel project using forestry waste

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Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd., of Vancouver.

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