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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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If half of this flare gas (25 bcm per year) was captured and sold at prevailing domestic prices in Russia, the economic opportunity may exceed US$2 billion (65 billion rubles). Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year.

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From 2016-2019, > 90% of lithium imported to US came from Argentina and Chile

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During this same time period, Gabon produced 69% of the manganese imported to the United States, while imports of cobalt, graphite and nickel were not as heavily dependent on a single country. From 2016-2019, more than 90% of the lithium imported to the United States came from Argentina (55%) and Chile (36%).

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