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Syrah Resources signs binding offtake agreement with Tesla for natural graphite active anode material

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The Vidalia battery anode material plant will process natural graphite concentrate shipped in from Syrah’s Balama mine in Mozambique. Balama mine operation in Mozambique. Syrah will transport the natural graphite concentrate (-100 mesh fines material) from Balama Graphite Operation to Vidalia.

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DOE closes $102.1M loan to Syrah Technologies to expand production of graphite-based active anode material

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This marks the first loan from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program since 2011, and the first ATVM loan exclusively for a supply chain manufacturing project. Syrah will transport the natural graphite concentrate (-100 mesh fines material) from Balama Graphite Operation to Vidalia. Earlier post.).

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Tesla graphite supplier gets $107M loan offer from Biden Administration

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The company transports graphite concentrate from Balama, Mozambique. If finalized, the $107 million conditional commitment offer would be the first loan issued from the LPO’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program in more than a decade. The move will reduce Tesla’s reliance on China.

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Forecast: global 3-wheeler market to grow at CAGR of 13% through 2019

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Inadequate availability of public transportation, underdeveloped transport & logistic infrastructure, low per capita income, increasing unemployment, etc. Three-wheelers offer an efficient, quick and economical way of transportation even in the areas where buses, trucks, taxis, etc. cannot effectively penetrate.

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Small Glimmers Of Hope As Climate Changes Exacerbate Violence

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has established a causal link between climate change and the rise in armed conflicts in sub-Saharan African countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, and Sudan. This region has become the global epicenter of violent extremist activity. “On the […]

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DOE offers conditional commitment for $107M loan to Syrah graphite-based anode material project

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If finalized, this would be the first loan from LPO’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program since 2011 and the first from the ATVM loan program to a materials-processing facility. Syrah will transport the natural graphite concentrate (-100 mesh fines material) from Balama Graphite Operation to Vidalia. Earlier post.)

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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European cell manufacturers currently rely heavily on China for battery precursors. Automakers in Europe can lower their emissions by shortening the transport distance and capitalizing on the DRC’s hydroelectric powered grid and proximity to raw materials. —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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