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

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million tons of identified lithium resources, ranking the country 10 th in the world behind Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, the US, Australia, China, Congo, Canada and Germany. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7 To date, deposits of lithium in Mexico are found in Baja, California; San Luis Potosí; Zacatecas; and Sonora.

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Documenting the EV battery material supply chain: Traceability challenges, Part One

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Thanks to the “Buy American” requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and similar provisions in the EU’s new Battery Directive, traceability is becoming a critical function in the EV industry. Traceability is a topic we’re beginning to hear a lot about in the EV industry.

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

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Recommendations on how to complete the numerous global and domesticate systems engineering efforts across multiple industries required to carry out such policies in such a short time frame is conspicuously absent from LLNL’s report, however. You cannot change the sources from Congo, China and other places within two to three years.”

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

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Although Nigeria has reduced flare gas emissions by 28% from 2000 levels, the country’s oil industry still wastes 15bcm of natural gas every year. Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year.

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Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made his position clear in a statement before the meeting: “What we are witnessing today is the consequence of over two centuries of industrial activity and high-consumption lifestyles in the developed world. They have to bear this historical responsibility.”.

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USGS records nonfuel mineral production jump of $3.6B in 2022

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billion value of nonfuel mineral commodities produced by US mines in 2022 included other industrial minerals and natural aggregates, as well as ferrous and nonferrous metals. The estimated value of US production of all industrial minerals in 2022 was $63.5 US mines produced approximately $98.2 Critical minerals.

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

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He also noted that Tesla’s factories are among the safest in the industry. The shareholder notes that Tesla should have third-party checks for child labor in cobalt mining in Congo and forced labor in China. . “We’re gonna get to the point where an electric vehicle is cheaper than a gasoline vehicle,” Musk said.

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