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JUNE 7, 2023

Aclara Resources, a development-stage company that focuses on heavy rare earth mineral resources, has started the continuous operation of its newly constructed pilot plant for the Penco Module near Concepcion, Chile. Chile, Brazil, US, and China, while the second patent has recently been filed and is pending approval.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

At the IAA Summit in Munich, HIF Global, together with Porsche AG, Volkswagen Group Innovation and MAN Energy Solutions, announced the development and installation of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) unit at the HIF Haru Oni Demonstration facility in southern Chile in 2024. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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MARCH 10, 2023

Silyzer 300 – PEM Module Array The green hydrogen will be utilized together with recycled carbon dioxide to produce carbon-neutral eFuels, which are chemically equivalent to fuels used today and can therefore be dropped-in to existing engines without any modifications required.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The new Qualcomm Safety Car BMW i8 Coupé made its debut on Thursday in Santiago, Chile. Other enhancements include a roll bar, rear wing and rear hatch made of carbon fiber, a front splitter, sports seats from the BMW M4 GTS, 4-point belt, a roof-mounted signal light system, BMW M carbon ceramic brakes and a sports chassis.

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MARCH 12, 2018

A consortium led by South Korea’s POSCO and Samsung SDI, and including China’s Sichuan Fulin Industrial Group and Chile’s Molyment, has won a bid to build a cathode materials plant in Chile to support that country’s Li-ion batteries project.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Lithium producer Galaxy Resources Ltd says prices for both technical and battery grade lithium carbonate in its key market, China, have risen significantly on the back of tight demand and supply fundamentals, with current prices up almost 17% on the same time last year. —Galaxy Managing Director Iggy Tan.

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MAY 20, 2013

In a forecast of the Lithium market through 2017, Roskill Information Services estimates that rechargeable batteries will, in the base-case growth scenario, contribute 75% of the growth in forecast lithium demand to 2017, when total demand for lithium is expected to reach slightly more than 238,000t lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Albemarle Corporation, a premier specialty chemicals company and leader in the production of lithium and lithium derivatives, has been granted approval by the Environmental Assessment Commission (CEA) of the Antofagasta Region to increase its currently authorized lithium brine extraction rate at the company's facility in the Salar de Atacama, Chile.

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MARCH 29, 2010

Private equity fund Pacific Road has agreed to acquire 10% of underground coal gasification (UCG) company Carbon Energy Limited from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO in an off-market trade. Pacific Road may elect to transfer some of its position in Carbon Energy Limited to an investor or investors in its fund. CSIRO: 4.8%.

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MARCH 31, 2021

ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. Porsche and ExxonMobil’s collaboration will also focus on eFuels, which are synthetic fuels made from hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 13, 2023

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. SQM), one of the largest producers of lithium carbonate in the world, reported earnings for the twelve months ended 31 December 2022 of US$3,906.3 As the company continues with lithium capacity expansion in Chile, it expects to invest approximately US$1.4 Gross profit reached US$5,736.6

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MAY 20, 2021

Chile has long been a leading producer of lithium, which has become an essential element for the rechargeable battery market, among other uses. Evaporation ponds at SQM’s lithium mining site in the Salar de Atacama, in Chile. This information will help us achieve our goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. Image by SQM.).

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APRIL 19, 2023

BYD's project in Chile is designed to produce 50,000 tons of lithium iron phosphate cathode material per year, with an estimated investment of at least $290 million. Image credit: CnEVPost) BYD received preferential prices for lithium carbonate in Chile, where it was awarded a lithium mining contract a year ago in the lithium-rich country.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The Kings Mountain and Silver Peak plants will produce lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate—both used to produce lithium-ion batteries. In May, Rockwood announced global price increases, as contracts permit, of up to $1,000 per metric tonne for its lithium salts, especially lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, effective 1 July.

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JUNE 14, 2021

Renewable and low-carbon hydrogen cannot currently compete in terms of production costs with fossil-based hydrogen, whereas hydrogen production must become fully decarbonised in order to contribute to climate neutrality goals. There is no single optimal hydrogen delivery solution across every transport scenario.

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MARCH 25, 2011

In a finding that has global implications for climate research, scientists have discovered that when icebergs cool and dilute the seas through which they pass for days, they also raise chlorophyll levels in the water that may in turn increase carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean.

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JULY 17, 2022

E-fuels company HIF (Highly Innovative Fuels) Global has begun the development of Australia’s first large-scale, carbon-neutral eFuels production facility in Tasmania. Our global plan is to produce over 8 billion liters a year of carbon-neutral eFuels—enough to decarbonize 5 million vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 18, 2018

China-based Tianqi Lithium, a leading global supplier of lithium products, has agreed to purchase 62,556,568 A shares of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. Its lithium product range includes lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, and lithium chloride.

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APRIL 17, 2023

—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. It’s mainly driven by the electric vehicle market penetration and battery technology development. Resources Chunbo Zhang et al.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

The elevated investment outlook is attributed to falling costs and policy support from governments looking to shift towards low-carbon economies. By 2030, IHS Markit expect that green hydrogen costs could drop below $2/kg where it would compete with hydrogen produced from natural gas with carbon capture.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The report says that carbon neutral systems can provide cheaper electricity compared to current fossil-fuel-based systems. Major carbon savings can be made in the short term, enabling national climate targets to be achieved. Germany can avoid 422 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2040 by accelerating its coal phase-out.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota Tsusho said the company had a strategy to invest in the Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in order to secure access to competitive, low-cost lithium carbonate production in a timeframe closely aligned with worldwide lithium requirements for hybrid and electric vehicles. million tonnes of lithium carbonate.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Stellantis announced a $155-million investment in a copper project located in Argentina, which will make a major contribution to the company’s plan to become carbon net zero by 2038. The company is acquiring a 14.2% Los Azules plans to produce 100,000 tons per year of cathode copper at 99.9%

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JANUARY 25, 2023

The authors examined four cases of lithium mining: Argentina, Chile, the United States, and Portugal. Producing EVs and building and maintaining roads, highways, and parking lots are energy- and emissions-intensive processes with high levels of embodied carbon. Riofrancos et al. 2°C of warming.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. The updated study will evaluate economic feasibility for a project with a nameplate production capacity of approximately 40,000 metric tons per year of lithium carbonate equivalent. SQM is committed to the lithium business, both in Chile and abroad. SQM) and Lithium Americas Corp.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

NextChem’s focus is on deploying solutions in carbon footprint reduction, in hydrogen production—green, blue and ‘circular’ (obtained by waste conversion), purification and storage, in plastics recycling, in the biofuels and in biochemicals.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The deal with SQM is expected to boost SK On’s efforts to meet the IRA requirements as Chile is a free trade agreement (FTA) partner with the US. Established in 1968 and listed in the Santiago and New York stock exchanges, SQM is the only lithium hydroxide producer in Chile. or in the countries whose FTA with the US is in effect.

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APRIL 14, 2020

Using Roskill’s latest quarterly price forecast for lithium carbonate (published in late-March 2020), this equates to a value loss of approximately US$960 million. >. Roskill anticipates 2020 production losses in Chile to be kept below 20%.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

World’s biggest green hydrogen project developers and partners come together to launch Green Hydrogen Catapult initiative New initiative aims to drive down costs to below $2 per kilogram, to transform energy across most carbon intensive industries, accelerating race to zero emissions Founding partners include.

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MAY 11, 2023

Honeywell has introduced its new, UOP eFining technology, a ready-now solution for producing low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Johnson Matthey’s technology is producing eMethanol today at the HIF Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in Chile. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 10, 2021

SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.) The contract considers a total of approximately 55,000 MT of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE). The contract considers a total of approximately 55,000 MT of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE). reached a long-term agreement to supply lithium products to LG Energy Solution (LGES).

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JULY 11, 2013

Renault’s comparison of the carbon footprint of EV and ICE vehicles over production, operation and end of life. Raw materials extraction and transformation were based on data for the average production of lithium carbonate from brine (Chile) and lithium carbonate from spodumene (Australia). Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 24, 2022

Australia’s lithium production is forecast to grow from 335,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2021–22 to 399,000 tonnes in 2022–23 and 470,000 tonnes of LCE in 2023–24. This rapid growth is forecast to be met by gains in output by Australia, Chile and Argentina. billion in 2021–22 to $16.1 billion, and $17.0

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JULY 28, 2018

the geographic distribution of land-based lithium resources is uneven, with more than 98% of the total reserves concentrated in Chile, Argentina, China, and Australia. A LiClO 4 -propylene carbonate solution is on the cathode side and seawater is on the anode side. Yang et al.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

In North America this year, LGES signed a non-binding MoU with Compass Minerals on lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide. battery-grade lithium chemicals), and signed a non-binding MoU with SQM of Chile on investigating and developing joint investment projects of electro-mobility industry value chain.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

The development strategy focuses on production of 20,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate with the flexibility to expand production to 40,000 tonnes per year after phase one is completed and operational. Results of the last pre-feasibility study (PFS) performed by GHD Chile SA (GHD) and Groundwater Insight Inc. Li carbonate proven.

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MARCH 26, 2023

IBC Advanced Technologies, a developer of highly selective separations products, engineered systems and processes based on Molecular Recognition Technology, announced Phase One results of the Direct Lithium to Product (DLP) pilot plant currently operating at Salar de Maricunga, Chile. No pre-removal or concentration steps are required.

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