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Elcora options to purchase existing manganese mine in Morocco; additive to Atlas Fox

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Elcora Advanced Materials has signed , through its Ermazon SARL wholly owned subsidiary, a binding agreement with exclusive long-term mining production rights and option to purchase a 16 kmĀ² manganese mining concession in Morocco. The artisanal production run rate at the deposit was then approximately 2,500 metric tonnes / month.

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Elcora receives manganese production license in Morocco

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Canada-based battery materials company Elcora Advanced Materials has received , through its Ermazon SARL wholly owned subsidiary (purchased in December 2021), a manganese exploitation license from the Moroccan government for the Atlas Fox Deposit in the country. Elcora is preparing a comprehensive mining plan for the Atlas Fox Deposit.

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ZF signs multi-year supply agreement with STMicroelectronics for silicon carbide devices for new inverters

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The technology group ZF will, from 2025, purchase silicon carbide (SiC) devices from STMicroelectronics. ST will manufacture the silicon carbide chips at its production fabs in Italy and Singapore with packaging of the chips into STPAK, an ST-developed advanced package, and testing at its back-end facilities in Morocco and China.

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Nissan Forecasts US$2.9B Loss for Fiscal Year; Cuts Planned Production by 20%

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FY2009 labor costs in high-cost countries will be reduced by 20% from ¥875 billion to ¥700 billion. Joint manufacturing projects with Alliance partner Renault in Morocco and India will be revised. In Morocco, Nissan will suspend its participation in the industrial project near Tangiers.

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