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Why New Production Sources of Tungsten Are Critical for Increased Global Supply

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and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% in the April report for the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index. and this has caused a great deal of concern about the overall supply chain of tungsten.

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BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

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The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. The principle of continuous improvement will remain at the heart of the strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions and increase resource efficiency. CO 2 in the supply chain: significant reduction instead of big increase.

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BASF and Heraeus to form JV in China to recover PGMs from spent automotive catalysts

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The new company, named BASF HERAEUS (China) Metal Resource Co., The founding of the legal entity is targeted in Q1 2022, following the approval of the relevant authorities. China has limited natural resources in Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) consisting predominately of platinum, palladium and rhodium and strongly relies on imports.

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NTT DATA and DENSO building industry-wide dataspace for EV batteries

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The new battery regulation currently being reviewed in Europe will require disclosure of CO 2 emissions and the resource recycling rate throughout battery lifecycles to the European Commission. The two companies were officially approved as business operators in September 2022.

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Fast evolving auto industry needs befitting HR solutions | Autocar Professional

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It’s no secret that the Indian economy witnessed a great year, closing 2023 with a GDP of USD 3.73 And the automobile industry in India is a significant contributor to the country’s economy. Businesses facing human resource challenges must take measures to address talent acquisition and retention.

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Opel bringing Ampera with special nav system and Meriva EVs to iZEUS project on intelligent electric driving and recharging

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The iZEUS project on the consumer-oriented integration of electric energy networks and transportation Project is funded by the German Ministry for Economy and Transport Rüsselsheim/Stuttgart. The iZEUS project is about bringing this experience to the development of simple and customer-oriented accounting systems for battery charging.

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Opinion: Ukraine’s Next Crisis? Economic [and energy] Disaster

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But even then, the destruction of supply routes makes this challenging. Not only have coal supply routes been destroyed in the conflict, but other critical infrastructure has taken a hit as well, threatening other industries. Now it will have to increase imports of fuel to make up for the loss. Another paper tiger.

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