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Germany and Namibia form partnership for green hydrogen

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Kandjoze of Namibia’s National Planning Commission agreed to establish a hydrogen partnership between Germany and Namibia and signed a Joint Communiqué of Intent (JCoI). We believe that Namibia has an excellent chance of succeeding in this competition. Namibia has enormous potential for scaling up a green hydrogen industry.

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E-Tech Resources expands mineral landholdings at the Eureka REE Project in Namibia

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E-Tech Resources, a rare earth exploration and development company developing its Eureka Rare Earths Project in Namibia, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire an 85% interest in exclusive prospecting license 8748 (EPL 8748). The project is situated next to the national B1 highway in the Erongo Region of Namibia.

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HyIron opens direct reduction plant for green iron

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In addition to HyIron, RWE and BENTELER Steel/Tube are involved in this GEiSt (Grünes Eisen in der Stahlindustrie, Green Iron in the steel industry) project. The start-up of the pilot production at the Lingen site is a major milestone for us in bringing the “green iron” product to market maturity and establishing German technology worldwide.

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Northern Graphite closes acquisition of two graphite mines; 3rd largest non-Chinese graphite company

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Canada-based Northern Graphite Corporation has closed its previously announced acquisition of the producing Lac des Iles graphite mine (LDI) in Québec from a subsidiary of Imerys SA and the Okanjande graphite deposit/Okorusu processing plant in Namibia from a subsidiary of Imerys and its joint venture partner. Sprott invested CDN$3.75

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Walkabout Resources’ Tanzanian graphite project moves to construction phase

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Metallurgical testwork indicates that the Lindi Jumbo Project can produce concentrate that contains a “best-in-class” flake distribution of up to 75% above 180 microns (µm) of high purity (>95% TGC) through an industry-standard floatation flowsheet. This includes up to 25% of the graphite flakes above 500 µm (+35 mesh).

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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The tight supply/demand situation for graphite electrodes is expected to persist for much longer than many market observers expect. First, environmental plant closures in the raw material coal needle coke industry hampered the production of graphite electrodes. China remains the center of the graphite industry.

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