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Mexico forms state-run company to mine lithium: Litio para Mexico

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The Board of Directors for LitioMx comprises the head of the Ministry of Energy, who will preside over it; the head of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit; the head of the Ministry of Economy; the head of the Ministry of the Interior; and the head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. Expand access to financing. Click to enlarge.

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LIVE BLOG: Tesla 2023 Cyber Roundup (Annual Shareholder Meeting)

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16:37 CT – A shareholder asks about Cybersecurity, and what Tesla is doing to protect itself and its products. 16:32 CT – Another shareholder asks about Cybertruck’s target production, and if Musk is looking to step down as CEO. As for Cybertruck’s production, Musk stated that production would follow an S curve.

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Live Blog: Tesla (TSLA) 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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Topics that will be discussed by the company remain to be seen, though questions submitted to Say , an Investor Relations platform, include inquiries about a potential stock split, Cybertruck production, dividends, and 4680 cell production. Energy, in general, got shortchanged since we were focused on Model 3 production.

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UN report highlights urgent need to tackle impact of EV battery production boom

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Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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Equatorial Guinea, DRC to develop joint oil refinery and storage facilities

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These include the financing and construction of an oil refinery in the DRC to be owned jointly by both countries to meet regional demand for refined petroleum products, along with the construction of storage facilities for refined products. West-Central Coastal Province, West Africa. —DRC Minister Didier Budimbu Ntubuanga.

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Glencore enters offtake agreement with Tantalex Lithium

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Tantalex Lithium Resources, a Canada-based exploration and development stage mining company, received and executed a term sheet from Glencore International AG for a marketing offtake agreement for the lithium to be produced from its Manono Lithium Tailings Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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