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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

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Canada, Norway, Finland, Russia. Gabon, South Africa, Australia, Georgia. Norway, Canada, Japan, Finland. Major import sources. Natural graphite. China, Mexico, Canada, India. Chile, Canada, Mexico. Argentina, Chile, China, Russia. Rare earths. China, Estonia, Japan, Malaysia. Canada, Mexico, Peru, Spain.

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Sibanye-Stillwater to achieve majority shareholding in Keliber; seeks to increase shareholding further to 80%

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South Africa-based mining and metals group Sibanye-Stillwater acquired an initial 30.29% shareholding in Keliber Oy as announced on 23 February 2021, by way of a phased equity investment. In addition, there has also been a significant improvement in the fundamental outlook for the lithium market. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Sibanye-Stillwater increases its shareholding in Keliber to 84.96%

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South Africa-based mining and metals group Sibanye Stillwater has increased its effective shareholding in Keliber Oy to 84.96%. The Keliber project is an advanced lithium hydroxide project located in the Kaustinen region of Finland which intends to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide utilizing its own ore. Earlier post.)

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Veolia launches largest project to produce bio-methanol from pulp mill waste

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Swedish market pulp giant Södra launched the first pulp mill biomethanol plant at its Mönsterås mill, in collaboration with ANDRITZ, in 2020. Since then, Veolia has more than 450 installations worldwide for mills in Brazil, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa and several European countries.

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BMW updates BMW Connected with expanded services, device support and availability

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BMW Connected is now available in six more markets: Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Malaysia, and Singapore. Alexa can be linked to BMW Connected by users in the USA, Germany, and the UK, with other markets to follow.

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Mercedes-Benz EQC EV soaking up summer heat of up to 50?C in trials in Spain

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Before coming to market in many countries around the world, the EQC will have undergone extensive testing in Germany, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Dubai, South Africa, the USA and China. In the case of the EQC, the overall development time is around four years.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.