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EV Metals Group signs FEED Agreement for development of lithium chemicals plant in Saudi Arabia

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EVM is building a global battery chemicals and technology business with the development of the first integrated Battery Chemicals Complex at Yanbu Industrial City in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Under the FEED agreement, the scope of work will focus on the non-process infrastructure, utilities and port infrastructure.

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AFRY, RINA study points to feasibility and attractiveness of Gulf-to-Europe hydrogen pipeline

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RINA, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering multinational, and AFRY, a European leader in engineering, design, and advisory services, have undertaken an initial study of how the Gulf region and Europe could be linked directly with a pipeline to transport low-carbon hydrogen. million tonnes of hydrogen annually.

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EV Metals Group launches the Australian Lithium Alliance

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The strategic initiative will be implemented by Australian Lithium Alliance Pty Limited (ALA), a wholly owned subsidiary of EVM, through joint ventures and off-take agreements as an alternative to Chinese companies that currently dominate the purchase of spodumene concentrate from Australia to supply chemicals processing companies in China.

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KAUST team devises electrically-driven membrane process for seawater lithium mining

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Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have developed a continuous electrically-driven membrane process which successfully enriches lithium from seawater samples of the Red Sea by 43,000 times (i.e., to 9013.43 ppm) with a nominal Li/Mg selectivity >45 million. —Li et al.

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Sinopec, Saudi Aramco Sign 400 Kbpd Yanbu refinery JV agreement

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Saudi Aramco’s integrated hydrocarbon facilities in Yanbu will be utilized to supply crude oil feedstock to YASREF and to export transportation fuels. In-Kingdom refineries, such as the one being built by YASREF, possess the location advantage to supply domestic and international markets, to the east and west.

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SABIC acquires majority stake in carbon nanotube business for energy storage applications

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Saudi Arabia-based SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has taken a majority stake in Black Diamond Structures (BDS), a nanotechnology company established in 2014. BDS was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between SABIC Ventures US LLC and Molecular Rebar Design.

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7 companies launch Green Hydrogen Catapult to increase green H2 production 50-fold over next 6 years

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Concurrently, the Saudi Arabia-based company is announced its commitment to the Business Ambition for 1.5 It is now estimated that green hydrogen could supply up to 25% of the world’s energy needs by 2050 and become a US$10-trillion addressable market by 2050. —Paddy Padmanathan, CEO of ACWA Power. ºC campaign.

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