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Rio Tinto and InoBat partner to explore full life-cycle lithium battery initiative

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Rio Tinto and InoBat, a European battery technology and manufacturing company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to accelerate the establishment of a “cradle-to-cradle” battery manufacturing and recycling value chain in Serbia.

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Rio Tinto achieves battery-grade lithium production at Boron plant

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It will be run throughout 2021 to optimize the process and inform Rio Tinto’s feasibility assessment for progressing to a production scale plant with an initial capacity of at least 5,000 tonnes per year—enough to make batteries for approximately 70,000 electric vehicles. —Rio Tinto Minerals chief executive Sinead Kaufman.

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Rio Tinto commits $2.4B for Jadar lithium project; planning 58,000 tons/year lithium carbonate by 2029

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billion to the Jadar lithium-borates project in Serbia, one of the world’s largest greenfield lithium projects. The project remains subject to receiving all relevant approvals, permits and licences and ongoing engagement with local communities, the Government of Serbia and civil society. Rio Tinto has committed $2.4 Earlier post.)

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New maps give Europeans close-up picture of air pollution from diffuse sources

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They include details of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulphur oxides (SO x ), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), ammonia (NH 3 ) and particulate matter (PM 10 ). Information in the E-PRTR is updated in May each year. Serbia started reporting to the E-PRTR in 2011. Serbia started reporting to the E-PRTR in 2011.

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

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The joint venture will also pave the way for Asia’s fourth-largest economy to take part in a project to develop lithium carbonate in the region, officials said. POSCO plans to bid for construction of lithium-carbonate manufacturing and processing facilities in Uyuni, it added. million tons, respectively. China and Argentina total 5.4

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