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Organizations release Joint Due Diligence Standard for copper, lead, nickel and zinc

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Five organizations representing their metal industries —The Copper Mark, the International Lead Association (ILA), the International Zinc Association (IZA), the Nickel Institute and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)—have released the Joint Due Diligence Standard for Copper, Lead, Nickel and Zinc.

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What does WLTP mean? A Beginner’s Guide to EV Terminology

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The added ‘B’ is simply a reference to the battery that powers an EV. For reference, a Jeep Wrangler has a drag co-efficient of 0.454 – one of the highest values of any production vehicle. ICE : Internal Combustion Engine. Often used as a substitute to reference car makers within the automotive industry.

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This Made in India E-Bikes to Penetrate into European Market

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Jeff Weiss, the London-based CEO of Hero International. Organic growth refers to the growth achieved by the company through sales and other direct income sources whereas, inorganic growth happens when the company acquires other companies and derives profits from those ventures. The Diabolic Plan. Acquisitions That Make Sense.

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Video Friday: TRI Expo

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HRI 2023 : 13–16 March 2023, STOCKHOLM Robotics Summit & Expo : 10–11 May 2023, BOSTON ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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Where Minus 35 Is Perfect Weather to Get Outside

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After taking a hit during the pandemic, the number of international visits recovered, but remained 21 percent below 2019-20 levels last winter. Dawson City , a major destination for fortune hunters in the 1890s (including Jack London, the author of “White Fang”), still draws travelers today. She’s coming out early to visit us!”

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How Much Oil Have We Used?

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UK researchers have published a new estimate of total crude oil extracted in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology that suggests we may have used more than we think. Estimates of how much crude oil humans have extracted from the planet vary wildly (as do estimates on how much remains). tonnes per cubic metre.

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Hyperion Unveils Design of its Small Modular Nuclear Reactor, the Hyperion Power Module

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At the recent Annual Winter Conference of the American Nuclear Society in Washington, and simultaneously at the “Powering Toward 2020” conference in London, England, Hyperion Power Generation Inc. tall), sealed and self-contained, simple-to-operate nuclear power reactor, euphemistically referred to by the company as a “fission battery”.

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