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Agreements reached on trans-Guinean infrastructure in milestone for Simandou iron ore project

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Rio Tinto and the Simfer joint venture (Simfer) reached an important milestone by concluding key agreements with the Republic of Guinea (West Africa) and Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) on the trans-Guinean infrastructure for the world class Simandou iron ore project. Aerial view of Simandou project.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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The two-day Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan 2020 conference was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan and attracted the participation of regional and international energy companies, including CNPC, Dragon Oil, SOCAR, ENI, ARETI, Schlumberger, Hyundai, among others.

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Tsuneishi Shipbuilding receives AiP for its Kamsarmax LNG dual-fuel vessel

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The Kamsarmax vessel is equipped with a fuel gas supply system (FGSS) and IMO Type-C LNG tank, meaning LNG fuel can be used and stored with limited impact on cargo capacity.

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BMW Group Plant Landshut light metal foundry recertified by Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI)

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The tens of thousands of tonnes of solar aluminum supplied in this way meet more than a third of annual requirements for the light metal foundry at Plant Landshut. The conditions under which the raw material bauxite is extracted by open cast mining and processed in countries like Australia, Brazil and Guinea are also important to the company.

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Copper under pressure from climbing dollar – ET Auto

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Elsewhere, aluminium was supported by worries about supplies of feedstock alumina after a blast last month damaged fuel stocks at the main terminal in Guinea, the world’s third-largest producer of alumina raw material bauxite. However, aluminium stocks in LME-approved warehouses have risen 28% to 566,375 tons since Dec.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

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Similarly, having a distribution line (often illegally rigged) running to a dwelling tells us nothing about the usage of power or the reliability of its supply. Even South Africa, by far the best-supplied country south of the Sahara, suffers from frequent blackouts. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

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The Seabed Solution

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A patch of Pacific seabed could supply key metals for batteries for 250 million electric vehicles Still, it would be another half century before a startup, Nautilus Minerals, would try to make a go of large-scale deep-seabed mining. When it ceased operations, it hadn’t mined any metal ore at all. The Metals Company, too, faces headwinds.