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Rio Tinto to invest ~$200M to progress the Jadar lithium project to feasibility study stage; jaderite

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Rio Tinto has approved an additional investment of almost $200 million to progress the next stage of the development of the lithium-borate Jadar project in Serbia. The unique mineral— jadarite —was discovered by Rio Tinto geologists in 2004 near the city of Loznica in Western Serbia.

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NATO-funded Serbian-led project developing biofuel from algae

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The project is supported by the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme and is carried out by Belgrade’s Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in cooperation with Manchester University in the United Kingdom and Baylor University in the United States.

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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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Identified lithium resources in the United States, from continental brines, geothermal brines, hectorite, oilfield brines, and pegmatites, have been revised to 6.8 According to the USGS, lithium resources have increased substantially worldwide due to continuing exploration, and total more than 53 million tons. million tons.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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While the United States has been a leader in electric mobility in many ways, we also lag behind several countries in EV market share. “We are so excited to be joining with our international colleagues in the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance,” said Joel Levin, executive director of Plug In America. We hope to see other countries join us!

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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Kunsan National University , in Korea; Miicevic is an assistant professor of telecommunications and IT at the University of Belgrade , in Serbia; and Bojkovi? He then moved to the United States and earned two master’s degrees from the University of Florida , in Gainesville: one in EE in 1959 and the other in nuclear engineering in 1960.

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Korean consortium forming JV with Bolivian miner Comibol for lithium production in Salar de Uyuni

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According to a January 2011 update by the US Geological Survey (USGS), identified lithium resources total 4 million tons in the United States and approximately 29 million tons in other countries. million tons of identified lithium resources, respectively, while Brazil, Congo, and Serbia each contain approximately 1 million tons.

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U.S. vs. China Rivalry Boosts Tech—and Tensions

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Ironically, China is a competitor that the United States abetted. What’s less well-known is how a handful of technology companies transferred the know-how and trained the experts now giving the United States a run for its money in AI. China is a competitor that the United States abetted. A handful of U.S.

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