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Germany and Namibia form partnership for green hydrogen

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Kandjoze of Namibia’s National Planning Commission agreed to establish a hydrogen partnership between Germany and Namibia and signed a Joint Communiqué of Intent (JCoI). We believe that Namibia has an excellent chance of succeeding in this competition. Namibia has enormous potential for scaling up a green hydrogen industry.

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HyIron opens direct reduction plant for green iron

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HyIron, with the support of the state of Lower Saxony, has commissioned what it says is the world’s largest direct reduction plant for green iron on the site of RWE’s Emsland gas-fired power plant. At the plant, iron ore will be reduced solely with the aid of green hydrogen.

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US convenes Minerals Security Partnership meeting

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First announced in June 2022, the MSP is a new multilateral initiative to bolster critical mineral supply chains essential for the clean energy transition. Additional minerals-rich countries in attendance included Argentina, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia.

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Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

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Australia-based Walkabout Resources, an Africa-focused energy minerals developer, announced that its Tanzania Lindi Jumbo flake graphite project had progressed into the construction phase, with the CRDB-approved Independent Project Manager completing site visits and bulk earthmoving contractor TNR commencing mobilization. Source: Walkabout.

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ExxonMobil to explore offshore South Africa; deal for 75% interest in Tugela South

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According to Oil and Gas Journal (O&GJ), as cited by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), South Africa had proven oil reserves of 15 million barrels in January 2011, all of which are located offshore southern in the Bredasdorp basin and off the west coast of the country near the border with Namibia.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Demand for graphite in battery applications is forecast to grow by 5-8% per year over the decade between 2017 and 2027, depending on the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage—the largest end-use applications for lithium-ion batteries. Other projects are also planned in Austria, Canada, India, Russia and the US.

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Greener transport costing UK ‘billions’

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Policies focused around promoting green transport are costing the UK transport infrastructure to fall to third world standards, an independent think tank has suggested. The UK economy is suffering at the expense of public sector investment focused around green issues, the think tank concluded.