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

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Since then, Veolia has more than 450 installations worldwide for mills in Brazil, Indonesia, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa and several European countries. The €50-million investment is supported by a grant from the Finnish ministry of economy and employment. Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski plant.

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Sibanye-Stillwater investing $490M to create 50:50 JV with ioneer for US-based Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron project

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South Africa-based Sibanye-Stillwater will establish. emissions and water usage perspective relative to other projects; and. Development of the greater pit will start once the environmental permits for this development have been granted. Stage 2 will involve expansion to the south and east. Quarry Stage 2.

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Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

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Thermal water can be green, orange, blue, yellow or turquoise. Several years ago, with the dream of making a book, I set out to learn and document how people around the world make use of thermal waters. Many told me about the ways they manage land and water as a collective. Heat ebbs and flows with each set of waves.

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AFC and University of Witwatersrand Sign Exclusive Agreement to Commercialize Fischer-Tropsch Fuels and Chemical Feedstocks in the Americas

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and the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Wits) signed an exclusive representation agreement to commercialize the Fischer-Tropsch-based fuel and chemical production process developed by the Centre of Materials and Process Synthesis (COMPS) located at The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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DOE to Award Up to $5M in Grants for RD on Hydrogen Production from Coal

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Global deposits of PGMs are quite limited with the largest quantities located in South Africa and Russia. Other feeds that can be implemented at these coal-based facilities to produce hydrogen include, but are not limited to, biomass, algae, water, carbon dioxide, industrial gases such as ammonia, or combinations thereof.

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SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

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The work, led by Dr. Grant Seuser of SwRI’s Powertrain Engineering Division and Dr. Gary Jacobs of UTSA’s College of Engineering, is supported by a $125,000 grant from the Connecting through Research Partnerships (Connect) Program. We’re facing a lack of renewable fuels and the technology to deliver cleaner power generation.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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—Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. Sectors dependent on food, water, energy or ecosystem services need to scrutinise the resilience and viability of their supply chains. Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina).