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Cornell study examines trade-off between critical metals requirement and transportation decarbonization

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—Fengqi You, senior author Currently, critical metals and minerals are centralized in politically unstable Chile, Congo, Indonesia, Brazil, Argentina and South Africa, according to the World Bank. Resources Chunbo Zhang et al. It’s mainly driven by the electric vehicle market penetration and battery technology development.

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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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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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According to the USGS, lithium resources have increased substantially worldwide due to continuing exploration, and total more than 53 million tons. Identified lithium resources in the United States, from continental brines, geothermal brines, hectorite, oilfield brines, and pegmatites, have been revised to 6.8 million tons.

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Korean consortium forming JV with Bolivian miner Comibol for lithium production in Salar de Uyuni

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A Korean consortium including Korea Resources Corp. Korea’s advanced technology and Bolivia’s resources will create synergy.” According to a January 2011 update by the US Geological Survey (USGS), identified lithium resources total 4 million tons in the United States and approximately 29 million tons in other countries.

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Study finds large-scale ramp-up in biofuel crops could result in warming in some tropical regions, cooling in temperate and polar regions

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°C in the Amazon Basin and the eastern part of the Congo Basin. While overall, these biogeochemical and biogeophysical effects will only have a small impact on global mean surface temperature, the model projects regional patterns of enhanced surface air warming of up to 1.5 °C —Willow Hallgren. Hallgren, W., Schlosser, E.

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

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Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year. It will help slow global warming while also saving scarce natural resources. Making better use of vented and flared gas is a tremendous opportunity.

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The EV Transition Explained: How to Meet Sales Targets?

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California’s Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Liane Randolph told Reuters that its 2035 EV mandate was the “sweet spot,” given “where the automakers are, where the supply chains are, and where the production vehicles are.” You cannot change the sources from Congo, China and other places within two to three years.”

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