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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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MARCH 25, 2022

The Renault Group suspended its industrial activities in Russia on 23 March ( earlier post ). Regarding its stake in AVTOVAZ, Renault Group said that it is assessing the available options, taking into account the current environment, while acting responsibly towards its 45,000 employees in Russia.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Russia-based Nornickel has begun prototyping new nickel- and cobalt-based alloys, which are of high demand in the aviation, space, nuclear, chemical and oil and gas industries. Nornickel’s Kola Division in Russia is represented by Kola MMC, a wholly owned key production site.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

The Volkswagen Group is expanding its capacities in Russia with the construction of a new engine plant in Kaluga, Russia. Russia is the primary strategic growth market in Europe for the Volkswagen Group. To this end we will once again be investing approximately 1 billion euro in local production and new models.

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MAY 10, 2022

European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton and European electrolyzer manufacturers last week met in Brussels to discuss how to increase industry’s capacity to produce electrolyzers used to produce clean hydrogen. Today, industry agreed to a tenfold increase in electrolyzer manufacturing capacities in Europe. Background.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

Energy is the foundation of Russia, its economy, its government, and its political system. Even a casual glance at the IMF’s World Economic Outlook statistics for Russia shows the tight correlation since 1992 between GDP growth on the one hand and oil and gas output, exports, and prices on the other (economic series available here ).

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production. Source: BloombergNEF.

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MARCH 27, 2022

Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia. We see a lot of parallels on where the vanadium industry is now versus where the lithium industry was 10 years ago. The Vanadium Recovery Project (VRP) is targeting a 1.5

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

Following three years of construction, the Volkswagen Group today inaugurated its new engine plant at Kaluga, Russia. The annual production capacity of the engine plant will be about 150,000 units. Through the construction of the engine plant, Volkswagen is stepping up its industrial activities in Russia. million (US$9.6

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Teslarati

MAY 25, 2021

Tesla may still be facing possible delays in Germany due to the wait for Gigafactory Berlin’s final approval, but the EV maker is already receiving a far more welcome landscape in Russia. The Tesla CEO recently spoke at Russia’s New Knowledge Forum, where he discussed the company’s plans to enter the country.

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MARCH 22, 2022

The fledging EV industry and the automotive industry at large is dependent on semiconductors as a key component of the smart electronics inside. Now, both Ukraine and Russia play a pivotal role in the global semiconductor supply chain. Russia is the leading producer of Palladium, which is essential for memory and sensor chips.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Nesscap will use the proceeds from this financing for the establishment of a full-scale production facility for ultracapacitors and accompanying research center in the Russian Federation (US $15,000,000) and for the expansion of Nesscap’s current manufacturing and core R&D operations in Korea and for general corporate purposes (US $5,000,000).

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Subsequently, to defend market share, the Saudis increased production, which exacerbated market oversupply and further pressured prices. Both, it would seem, have incentive to do so, as each has lost over $100 billion in crude revenues in 2015—and Russia bears the extra burden of U.S.

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MAY 1, 2022

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Rosatom). Nornickel’s products have long played an important role in energy storage.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Although Germany, the UK, US, Canada and Ukraine are phasing out domestic coal production capacity, expansion of production capacity in countries such as India and Indonesia is predicted to generate modest annual growth of 1.3% in coal production over the next four years, with output reaching 7.6 to 7,188.8 to 7,194.1

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AUGUST 7, 2020

This trend was already underway before the pandemic, due to cost-competitive gas in key sectors including power, industry and transport, and major regions including Europe, North America and Asia. MMbtu in Russia, $8.7/MMbtu Natural gas in the long term.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

The goal of the study is to select a number of local sources of sustainable raw materials suitable for the production of aviation fuel. This partnership is part of an initiative to develop a complete sustainable aviation fuel production capability in Russia, using only sustainable resources.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd and ITS Russia have signed a partnership agreement concerning the development of intelligent transport systems (ITS). The objective of Project CAVLANE is to develop new services, products and standards for border crossings in particular.

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MAY 16, 2022

Both shipments are being made by ocean freight from China, a change from rail, due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Completion of commissioning and the start of production from the demonstration plant is targeted for September. Delivery of the initial shipment is expected on site in June.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It is strong demand and, above all, the drop in production in Europe and China that is pushing prices up, while aluminum inventories are historically low. Production mainly dropped because energy prices have risen sharply in 2021. Either they close their smelters or they reduce their production, even if it means producing at a loss.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Ford Motor Company and Russian automobile company Sollers OJSC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the parties intend to launch a new 50:50-owned joint venture called Ford Sollers for the production and distribution of Ford vehicles in Russia. Ford began producing cars in Russia in 2002. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Rostec State Corporation is one of the largest industrial companies in Russia. It unites more than 800 scientific and industrial organizations in 60 regions of the country. The corporation’s products are delivered to more than 100 countries worldwide.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

The supervisory board of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies ( RusNano ) has approved the state corporation’s participation in a project with China-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Thunder Sky to manufacture Lithium-ion batteries, the first such project in Russia. Tags: Batteries China Russia. billion rubles (US$575 million).

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JUNE 9, 2011

Ford Motor Company and Sollers OJSC have signed agreements to establish a 50-50-owned joint venture in Russia. The new joint venture also announced the Ford Transit medium commercial vehicle will be among several new Ford products to be built by Ford Sollers. Ford Sollers will begin formal operation later this year.

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MAY 21, 2020

Energy company SGH2 is bringing the world’s biggest green hydrogen production facility to Lancaster, California. The City of Lancaster will host and co-own the green hydrogen production facility, according to a recent memorandum of understanding. Hydrogen can also reduce and potentially replace natural gas in all applications.

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JUNE 27, 2022

A group of leading German companies along with Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has released a green hydrogen roadmap, outlining a set of recommendations for government and industry, to meet the ambitious target of importing large amounts of green hydrogen from Australia to Germany. Source: RMI analysis).

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JUNE 4, 2023

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data. Mt to 3.22 Mt (7% year-on-year growth).

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Phosphorus is one of three nutrients in mineral fertilizers necessary for food production and is on the EU’s list of critical minerals. The rare earth elements in Per Geijer occur together with phosphorus in the mineral apatite, in what is mainly an iron ore deposit and which may therefore be produced as by-products.

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JULY 3, 2012

GE and OJSC Rosneft signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that lays the foundation for the two companies jointly to evaluate and develop commercial opportunities in oil and gas exploration and production in the Russian Federation.

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Teslarati

APRIL 6, 2022

Tesla’s now-operational production facility in Germany, known as Gigafactory Berlin, is facing a potential shutdown in production as the German government is reportedly contemplating an embargo on Russian gas in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin.

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MAY 9, 2014

Global automobile production will increase by 21 million units by 2021, and has grown by 25 million units since 2009 as the industry continues to recover from the impact of the global economic recession, according to a forecast by IHS Automotive.

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APRIL 15, 2023

OECD demand, dragged down by weak industrial activity and warm weather, contracted by 390 kb/d y-o-y in 1Q23, its second consecutive quarter of decline. For the year as a whole, global oil production growth slows to 1.2 mb/d, with products climbing 450 kb/d m-o-m to 3.1 million barrels per day. mb/d versus 4.6 mb/d in 2022.

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APRIL 18, 2020

IHS Markit is forecasting that global commercial vehicle production (GVW 4-8) volumes in 2020 compared to 2019 will be down 22% (more than 650,000 units) to 2.6 Most commercial vehicle factories in mainland China have returned to production. The local industry is already recovering, with commercial vehicle plants re-opened.

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JULY 21, 2022

Global demand for refined products dropped substantially in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Less petroleum demand and the associated lower petroleum product prices encouraged refinery closures, reducing global refining capacity, particularly in the United States, Europe, and Japan.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

Russia-based RUSAL, a global aluminum producer, opened the first phase of its low-carbon aluminum production plant, Taishet Aluminum Smelter (TaAZ), in Taishet, Siberia. Full scope CO 2 emissions will be one of the lowest in the industry, the company claims. of global production of aluminum and 6.5%

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Air Products recently made delivery of its 40 th PRISM Hydrogen Generator (PHG), which provides economical on-site gas production for a broad range of supply requirements. Air Products’ focus on safety is embedded in the product design, and the units have the capability for full local and remote control.

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JUNE 18, 2022

Assuming Libya rebounds from a steep drop, the bloc’s production could increase 2.6 Nevertheless, product markets are expected to remain tight, with a particular concern for diesel and kerosene supplies. OECD industry stocks also rose, by 42.5 At 2,669 mb, OECD industry stocks were nevertheless 290.3 mb/d and 1.9

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