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Benchmark: battery demand for manganese set to increase 8-fold this decade

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General Motors has invested in Element25 ( earlier post ), which is building a manganese refinery in Louisiana, and this month also backed Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley company which is developing lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) cathodes ( earlier post ). —Jess Roberts, Benchmark’s Head of Forecasting

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. Anovion’s selected site has critical infrastructure in place that will allow for an accelerated timeline for the construction of the facility.

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NOAA Forecast Predicts Large Dead Zone for Gulf of Mexico this Summer

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A team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University, and the University of Michigan is forecasting that the “dead zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be one of the largest on record.

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Researchers predict average Gulf of Mexico hypoxic “dead zone” slightly above-average in Chesapeake Bay

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NOAA­-supported modeling is forecasting this year''s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone to cover an area ranging from about 4,633 to 5,708 square miles (12,000 to 14,785 square kilometers) or about the size of the state of Connecticut. The forecast predicts a mid­summer low­-oxygen hypoxic zone of 1.97 cubic miles.

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Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico Is Smaller Than Expected, But Severe

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This year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone is smaller than forecasted, measuring 3,000 square miles. Earlier this summer, forecast models developed by Dr. Earlier this summer, forecast models developed by Dr. R. Deadzone on July 27, 2009. Credit: LUMCON. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) billion annually.

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Tesla considers building battery-grade lithium refining facility in TX

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The company forecasts that the facility will reach commercial operations by Q4 2024. However, as of this writing, it is looking at sites in Texas and Louisiana. . If it chooses the site in TX, Tesla plans to begin construction on its refining facility in Q4 2022.

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Encana’s Inventory of Natural Gas Resources More than Sufficient to Double Production in 5 Years

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million net acres across many of the continent’s most prolific and lowest-cost resource plays, stretching from northeast British Columbia to Texas and Louisiana. The additional capital increases the company’s total 2010 forecast capital investment to approximately US$4.5 The company is now targeting an exit rate for 2010 of between 3.4

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