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JANUARY 31, 2021

DeepGreen Metals, which is exploring for deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a lower impact and more cost-effective alternative to land-based mining ( earlier post ), announced an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D exploration contract area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources, Inc.

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MARCH 1, 2023

American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) ( earlier post ) announced results of its third-party Qualified Person (QP)-audited Inferred Resource Report that details the analysis of its lithium deposit at its Tonopah Flats Lithium Project in Nevada. The inferred resources report concludes that Tonopah Flats may hold an estimated 15.8

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

SK On, a global electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a lithium supply deal with Australia’s Lake Resources ( earlier post ), a move that will further strengthen its key battery materials supply chain in response to robust business growth and geopolitical risks. This ranks Kachi as one of the world’s top 10 brine resources.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Liontown Resources, an emerging battery minerals producer based in Australia, has rejected an unsolicited, conditional and non-binding indicative proposal from Albemarle Corporation, in which Albemarle would acquire all of the shares in Liontown at a price of A$2.50 per share—valuing the company at approximately US$3.7

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Australia-based Arafura Resources Limited has awarded Hatch a contract to carry out Engineering and Procurement Services for the Nolans NdPR project hydrometallurgical plant. The project is underpinned by low-risk mineral resources that have the potential to supply a significant proportion of the world’s NdPr demand, according to the company.

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MARCH 29, 2023

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).

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Through its venture capital fund BMW i Ventures, the BMW Group has taken a stake in Colorado-based Jetti Resources. Founded in 2014, Jetti Resources has developed a pioneering process for copper extraction that utilizes previously unused ore from existing copper mines. 2022.118111.

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MARCH 11, 2023

2023 resource showing the indicated and inferred resource domains as well as blocks with NSR values that are not included in the resource due to insufficient drilling to establish connectivity and DSO outlines. Highlights of the MRE: Indicated resource of 4.4 Inferred resource of 1.2 million pounds of copper.

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MAY 3, 2023

SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with US graphite company Westwater Resources (WWR) as part of efforts to strengthen its battery raw material supply chain in North America following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $30 million to help lower the costs of the onshore production of rare earths and other critical minerals and materials from domestic coal-based resources. ( However, rare earth elements occur naturally, including in domestic coal and coal wastes.

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APRIL 9, 2021

Piedmont Lithium Limited released an updated Global Mineral Resource estimate (MRE) for its flagship Piedmont Lithium Project in North Carolina. The Mineral Resource estimate is reported in accordance with JORC Code. Increasing the scale of our North Carolina mineral resource to 39.2 The total MRE for the project is 39.2

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

ExxonMobil increased its estimate of the discovered recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana ( earlier post ) to approximately 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels. The Cataback-1 well encountered 243 feet (74 meters) of net pay in high quality hydrocarbon bearing sandstone reservoirs.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Compass Minerals, a leading global provider of essential minerals, announced the successful, third-party conversion testing of its lithium brine resource into both lithium carbonate and battery-grade lithium hydroxide, representing a significant milestone in its previously announced lithium development project. Source: Compass Minerals.

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DECEMBER 5, 2020

Australia-based Syrah Resources has completed a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for expansion of its natural graphite AAM facility in Vidalia, Louisiana, as it continues to execute its strategy of becoming the first vertically integrated producer of natural graphite AAM (advanced anode material) outside of China.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, questions remain about the size of the resource, the potential rate of decline, the potential for regeneration, and sustainability of production. The Salton Sea geothermal system is the primary potential geothermal resource for lithium in the United States, and it’s a world-class resource. With nearly $1.2

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MARCH 2, 2020

Resource Watch has introduced a new data-driven Air Quality Dashboard featuring the latest maps and data visualizations on the state of the world’s air. Resource Watch worked with WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities to create this resource for data on air quality and emissions. Resource Watch is currently in Beta.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Honda Motor has reached a basic agreement with Ascend Elements , a US-based company with expertise in technologies for recycling of battery resources. The companies intend to collaborate toward stable procurement of resources from recycled lithium-ion batteries in North America necessary for Honda electrified vehicles, including EVs.

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Electrek

AUGUST 31, 2023

Tesla is now under federal investigation by the DOJ over potentially using company resources to build a mansion for Elon Musk. more… The post Tesla is under federal investigation over company resources being used to build Elon Musk a house appeared first on Electrek.

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JULY 7, 2023

Learn more about Galvanic's hunt for new lithium resources following the success of exploration at its Smackover formation. The post On the hunt for American lithium resources appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

STARK Resources is the only plant builder in the world to regard ore sorting technology as its central consideration point. The post STARK Resources: At the forefront of ore sorting technology appeared first on Innovation News Network. Read why here.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

Findings from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC’s) 2021 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) indicate there is a high probability of insufficient resources and energy to serve electricity demand, as early as Summer 2022, in many parts of the Western Interconnection.

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JUNE 1, 2023

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new goal to make up to 7,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity available through the smarter use of existing clean energy resources. The 7,000 MW goal complements the 38,000 MW of new clean electricity resources the state projects to need by 2030.

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APRIL 9, 2022

Australia-based Mineral Resources (MinRes), one of the largest owners of hard rock lithium units, has, in response to “unprecedented global customer demand for lithium products”, agreed with its JV partners to increase production from the Wodgina and Mt Marion spodumene mines, based in Western Australia.

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Balancing resource extraction with survival of rare plants. The Tiehm’s buckwheat situation highlights the larger issue of the extraction of natural resources vs. localized environmental protection in the US SouthWest. But the model acknowledges that energy development in the area is headed toward the inevitable, and accommodates that.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Using its scientific expertise and collection of geological specimens, the Museum is collaborating with leading researchers to identify resource and environmental implications of the transition to green energy technologies including electric cars. This program falls under NERC’s sustainable use of natural resources (SUNR) strategic theme.

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Electrek

AUGUST 2, 2023

The globe marked Earth Overshoot Day on August 2, calculated as the day when humanity has used up more than the total amount of resources made available by the Earth over the course of the year. Earths’ worth of resources this year appeared first on Electrek. And the day has been getting earlier and earlier every year.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has established a technology resources campus and business unit in Japan. FREYR’s new facility will be located in Fukuoka where the testing equipment is currently being installed.

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JULY 30, 2020

A new study of the impact of high EV adoption on the Western US power grid by a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has found that 2028 grid resource adequacy—from generation through transmission—is likely to be sufficient for high EV penetration. million for the WECC.

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

Australia-based Syrah Resources Limited signed a binding offtake agreement with Tesla to supply natural graphite Active Anode Material (AAM) from its vertically integrated AAM production facility in Vidalia, Louisiana. The Balama graphite operation is a globally significant natural graphite resource.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading diversified natural resources group, is assessing the construction of a battery material plant to produce nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) precursor materials for batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). —Benedikt Sobotka, CEO of Eurasian Resources Group.

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MAY 13, 2021

The multi-year project aims at accelerating the adoption of off-road automated-vehicle (AV) technology to improve safety and address an acute labor shortage, thereby improving the quality and viability of rural jobs where natural resources are located.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Battery Resourcers offers a new approach to lithium-ion battery manufacturing, starting with a mixed stream of used lithium-ion batteries and ending with the production of finished, battery-ready cathode active materials. Battery Resourcers was founded in 2015 in Worcester, Mass. as a spinout from the lab of Prof.

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JULY 28, 2022

As the world endeavours to deliver on its green energy ambitions, Lake Resources explains how it is set to meet the demand for high-quality lithium and support the electric vehicle market. The post Lake Resources: Supplying high-quality lithium for the EV market appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Motiv Power Systems announced the deployment of nine electric box trucks with Community Resource Project (CRP). The electric trucks will be deployed in greater Sacramento to provide home energy audits, weatherization and HVAC services to low-income residents in an area where air quality is some of the worst in the country.

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APRIL 28, 2022

ExxonMobil has made three new discoveries offshore Guyana and increased its estimate of the recoverable resource for the Stabroek Block to nearly 11 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Earlier post.). The three discoveries are southeast of the Liza and Payara developments and bring to five the discoveries made by ExxonMobil in Guyana in 2022.

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JULY 28, 2020

The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. The principle of continuous improvement will remain at the heart of the strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions and increase resource efficiency. Circular economy for responsible resource management. degree goal.

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