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Northern Graphite closes acquisition of two graphite mines; 3rd largest non-Chinese graphite company

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The acquisitions will provide Northern with 40-50,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of graphite production capacity in Québec and Namibia, which will make it the third-largest non-Chinese natural graphite producing company. and a CDN$23-million equity offering lead by Sprott Capital Partners LP.

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Chinese steel group Tsingshan investing $375M to build lithium plant in Argentina with Eramet

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interest, and will retain operational management responsibility; its partner Tsingshan is financing the plant construction in exchange for 49.9% For this project with high value creation potential, our partner Tsingshan will provide its industrial expertise and financing capabilities needed for the construction of the plant.

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Ukraine state oil and gas company signs $3.656B credit agreement with China Development Bank to finance substituting natural gas with coal

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The Ukraine state oil and gas company Naftogaz signed a US$3.656-billion credit agreement with the state-owned China Development Bank to finance the program of substituting natural gas with locally produced coal. Previously, Ukraine expressed its interest in the Chinese technology of coal gasification and coal-water fuel production.

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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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As a result, advanced economies have lost market leadership, as 27 out of 31 reactors that started construction since 2017 are Russian or Chinese designs. Government financing will remain necessary to mobilise new investment, not just for plants but also to develop the latest technologies. —IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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Looking at the third-quarter global investment figures by type, asset finance of utility-scale renewable energy projects came to $49.3 The largest six VC/PE new equity deals of 2018 so far have all involved Chinese electric vehicle firms, including the two mentioned above during 3Q. In 3Q, Chinese solar investment was $14.2

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Volkswagen building new plant in south-central China with 300K unit annual capacity

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The new plant in Changsha, being built in cooperation with the Chinese joint venture Shanghai-Volkswagen (SVW), is scheduled for completion end of 2015 and will manufacture approximately 300,000 vehicles per year. billion) investment program being realized by the two Chinese joint ventures in the period to 2015. billion (US$12.5-billion)

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LanzaTech in Coal to Ethanol Project in China; New Bio Energy Research Center

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Also signed was a separate three-way letter of intent between LanzaTech, Henan Coal and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) regarding the establishment of a Bio Energy Research Center for the development, pilot production and commercialization of the technology to change coal-derived synthesis gas to ethanol fuels and chemicals.

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