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Piedmont Lithium selects Tennessee for second lithium hydroxide project; 30,000 metric tons per year

Green Car Congress

The project will convert spodumene concentrate sourced principally from Piedmont’s international project investments to expand significantly the US supply of lithium hydroxide, a key component in the manufacturing of EV batteries. 2024: Ghana Project—spodumene concentrate; preliminary feasibility study (PFS) Q3 2022.

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LG Chem investing $75M in Piedmont Lithium; 200,000mt spodumene concentrate offtake agreement

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Piedmont has agreed to supply LG Chem with 50,000 metric tons per year of SC6 for four years with planned shipments beginning in Q3 2023. Closing of the Subscription Agreement is expected on or around 24 February 2023, and will result in LG Chem holding approximately 5.7% of Piedmont common shares.

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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The approval from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality , which was announced by the company on Monday and is conditional on the posting of a USD 1 million reclamation bond, removes one major hurdle to Piedmont’s plans to tap a large lithium deposit just outside Charlotte. The company has applied for U.S.

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Zipline reaches 500,000 automated drone delivery milestone

Teslarati

In fact, the company has announced that it has delivered its 500,000th package globally, making delivery faster, more streamlined, and more sustainable. According to one of the company’s co-founders, Keller Cliffton, the drones had traveled a combined 36 million miles. That’s 75x round trips to the moon!

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Gravita India largest battery recycling firm enters into EV recycling business

Electric Vehicles India

India’s largest battery recycling company Gravita India Ltd is entering into the electric vehicles battery recycling business. But the Gravita India has been identified as one of the potential company to provide technology for lithium-ion batteries recycling and are in an advanced stage with one of the companies based in Europe.

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More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

billion with 58 companies as part of the ongoing Vibrant Gujarat Summit. The company will invest approximately Rs 13,000 crore (USD 1.6 We are expanding the green supply chain and creating the largest green energy system, green electrolysers, solar panels, and manufacturing of ammonia to support green growth.”

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Galten Biodiesel to supply jatropha oil to Neste Oil

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Israel-based Galten Biodiesel has signed a NIS 225-million (US$60-million) contract to supply 60,000 of Jatropha oil to Finland-based Neste Oil, the producer of NExBTL renewable fuels, beginning in 2014. Galten operates its first Jatropha plantation in Ghana. Forecasts see this year's European biodiesel market worth $40 billion.

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