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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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In practice, the call for a change is a call for Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two dominant global crude exporters, which each daily export over seven-plus mmbbls (including condensates and NGLs) and which each see the other as the key to any "balancing" moves, to bear the brunt of any production cuts.

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ROSATOM, Metalloinvest and Air Liquide to evaluate joint project in low-carbon hydrogen production for DRI

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As part of the joint work, the parties plan to evaluate the technical and commercial aspects of a potential project for the production of environmentally friendly hydrogen for Metalloinvest factories located in Belgorod and Kursk regions.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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Vard Group is part of NuProShip , a consortium of the Norwegian maritime authority, universities, shipbuilders, and shipping companies that aims to develop a Generation IV reactor for marine vessels. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 Why nuclear-powered ships?

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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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kW/kg because the prediction had been based on attributes of lab-scale or simulated parts rather than production ones.) The peak efficiency of the GE motor was 94 percent, on a par with the best motors used today in commercial EVs. But technical advances are probably not the highest hurdle to commercialization, he adds.

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Puzzling Out the Drone War Over Ukraine

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Various reports have put the cost of a TB2 at anywhere from $1 million to $10 million. At the small end of the Ukraine drone complement are 100 Switchblade drones, which were donated by the United States as part of the $800 million weapons package announced on 16 March. In Russia, it didn’t.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

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But this is the most unpleasant part of the driving, and due to fatigue at the end of the shift, operators typically leave nearly a meter at the edge of each row uncut. Since our priority was to develop a commercially viable product, we set up a business unit called. Robot in Disguise.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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This is partially due to the cost of EVs in these countries, but also with a relative lack of charging infrastructure. In addition, there have been worldwide supply chain issues for battery materials, as Russia supplies 20% of the world’s high purity nickel. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), $7.5