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BMW boosts CATL battery order to €7.3B, signs €2.9B battery order with Samsung SDI

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Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. The BMW Group has also signed a long-term supply contract for its fifth-generation electric drive trains with its second battery cell supplier, Samsung SDI. The contract, with value of €2.9 billion, extends from 2021 to 2031.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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of global and 17% of European reserves. In 2012, 70% of Estonia’s total primary energy supply (TPES) came from oil shale. There are also significant reserves in Jordan, Morocco, Sweden, Syria and Turkey. There are also significant reserves in Jordan, Morocco, Sweden, Syria and Turkey.

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Roskill: Spread of COVID-19 threatens cobalt supply; bottlenecks out of DRC

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As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, the pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on the global economy and commodity markets, including cobalt. At this time, the loss of supply from these closures amounted to more than 1% of the total mine supply in 2019. —Gulley et al.

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