Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Nuseed and BP Products North America Inc., have entered into a long-term strategic offtake and market development agreement that will see bp, or its affiliates, purchase Nuseed Carinata oil to process or sell into growing markets for the production of sustainable biofuels. million barrels a year in 2022. million barrels a year in 2022.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 9, 2024

Modular industrial plant design company JordProxa, headquartered in Australia, and lithium brinefield technology provider Zelandez, based in Argentina, have signed a partnership to rapidly increase the supply of lithium from North and South American lithium brine mining companies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Rio Tinto has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Rincon lithium project in Argentina from Rincon Mining , a company owned by funds managed by the private equity group Sentient Equity Partners, for $825 million. The project is a long-life, scaleable resource capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

Nuseed Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nufarm Limited, has executed a commercial off-take agreement with Saipol, the largest biodiesel producer in Europe, to supply Nuseed Carinata as a feedstock for certified low-carbon oil for renewable fuels and high protein non-GMO meal for livestock feed. —Saipol CEO, Christophe Beaunoir.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2016

LAC) are forming a 50/50 joint venture to develop the Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina. The updated study will evaluate economic feasibility for a project with a nameplate production capacity of approximately 40,000 metric tons per year of lithium carbonate equivalent. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

Rio Tinto has completed the acquisition of the Rincon lithium project in Argentina for $825 million, following approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). The project is a long-life, scaleable resource capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

Grown as a scalable cover crop in Argentina, it will be processed into a renewable fuel with best-in-class greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction. Nuseed added carinata to its global portfolio in November 2019, following a successful pilot project in Argentina and acquiring specific carinata technology from the crop’s developer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2023

Higher EV penetration reduces GHG emissions from fuel use regardless of the transportation energy transition, while those from fuel production are more sensitive to energy-sector decarbonization and could reach nearly “net zero” by 2040. —Zhang et al. (a) a) Annual demand and recycling potential with or without a second use. (a)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Established in 1997, Lake Resources currently develops four lithium brine projects in Argentina. million tonnes (Mt) of contained lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE), and an exploration target ranging between 8-17Mt of LCE. million electric vehicles (EVs). In November 2018, Lake announced a maiden JORC resource at Kachi of 4.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2021

The merged entity will also be the fifth-largest lithium company by production according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast, with Orocobre and Galaxy’s active assets delivering a combined capacity of around 35,000 tpa LCE. Chinese spot lithium carbonate prices have jumped 90% between December 2020 and end March 2021.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Australia is the largest lithium exporter in the world, accounting for 46% of the world’s lithium production in 2021. Australia’s lithium production is forecast to grow from 335,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2021–22 to 399,000 tonnes in 2022–23 and 470,000 tonnes of LCE in 2023–24. billion, and $17.0

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lithium Americas estimates the lithium extracted and processed from the project can support production of up to 1 million EVs per year. Lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass will be used in GM’s proprietary Ultium battery cells. Production at Thacker Pass is projected to begin in the second half of 2026. and Argentine businesses.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

Based on company announcements to date related to operation scale-downs and closures, as well as national, provincial and local governmental measures, Roskill estimates that approximately 110Kt of mined LCE production could be lost over the course of 2020, due directly to actions taken to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

Neo Lithium has engaged Worley to complete a comprehensive DFS on its flagship, high-grade lithium brine project, 3Q, in Catamarca, Argentina. million, Operating Expenses of US$2,912 per tonne of lithium carbonate, and a pay-back of twenty months using a lithium carbonate price of US$11,882 per tonne over a thirty-five year mine life.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

Orocobre Limited , an Australian minerals exploration company with a focus on developing “best of class” Lithium, Potash and Boron resources in Argentina, and a Toyota Group Company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, will establish a joint venture to develop Orocobre’s flagship Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2018

Toyota Tsusho and Orocobre have been long-term partners in the development of the Salar de Olaroz Lithium Facility in Jujuy Province in northern Argentina, a lithium brine project, which was brought into successful production in 2014. The measured and indicated resource of 6.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Orocobre Ltd; and Pilbara Minerals, which between them account for well more than half of global lithium production. The five founding members of ILiA are SQM; Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd; AMG Brazil S.A.; The crust of earth contains an average of about 60 parts per million (ppm) or 0.006% while sea water typically contains 0.18

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Currently, Germany is a net importer of lithium needed for the production of battery cells for electric vehicles. Imports are coming from the typical mining countries Chile, Argentina, and Australia, which account for more than 80% of global production. Heavy rainfall can set back production there by weeks or even months.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

Driven by the rise of battery gigafactories and game-changing Powerwall and energy storage businesses, the world now finds itself at the beginning of a lithium super cycle that is all about securing new supply, much of which is poised to come from lithium superstar Argentina. Remember—this is one man, one company.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

India, the world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the United States, has pledged to achieve a net-zero carbon emission target by 2070 and increase the share of renewables in its energy mix to 50% by 2030. million) lithium exploration pact for five blocks in Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

Investing in the commodity market can be a roller-coaster ride; what with the incessant boom-and-bust cycles driven by the ebb and flow in infrastructural spending, production ramps/cutbacks and stockpiling/destocking supplies. That’s certainly a massive production ramp-up considering that global production in 2017 totaled just over 200kt.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

India is striving to establish reliable lithium supply to bolster its growing electric vehicle (EV) industry with its recent INR 200 crore investment in lithium exploration in Argentina by the Ministry of Mines. Argentina has brine deposits, for which the extraction and processing technology is well proven.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 10, 2021

Lithium is among one of the costliest materials that are found outside of India, in other countries such as Chile Australia, China, Argentina, etc. In Australia, there are 2,800,000 tons of Lithium reserves and in Argentina, there are 1,700,000 tons of Lithium reserves. In Chile, there are 8,600,000 tons of Lithium reserves.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

Biomass-based diesel fuels also qualify for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The LCFS sets annual carbon intensity (CI) targets for fuel providers, to reduce the carbon content of gasoline and diesel fuels through 2020. US biodiesel production reached 1.34 US biodiesel production reached 1.34

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2018

the geographic distribution of land-based lithium resources is uneven, with more than 98% of the total reserves concentrated in Chile, Argentina, China, and Australia. A LiClO 4 -propylene carbonate solution is on the cathode side and seawater is on the anode side. Yang et al. —Yang et al. Yang et al. 2018.07.006.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Representation of DIBANET processes, products and linkages. An EU-funded research project is seeking to develop new technologies that will enable the sustainable production of diesel miscible biofuels (DMB) from cellulosic biomass wastes in Europe and Latin America. Source: Carbolea. Click to enlarge. million (US$5.5

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

India is striving to establish reliable lithium supply to bolster its growing electric vehicle (EV) industry with its recent INR 200 crore investment in lithium exploration in Argentina by the Ministry of Mines. Argentina has brine deposits, for which the extraction and processing technology is well proven.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

A new study concludes that, depending on prior land use, carbon (C) releases from the soil after planting corn for ethanol may in some cases completely offset C gains attributed to biofuel generation for at least 50 years. That, their analysis found, can ultimately increase soil carbon levels between 30 to 50% instead of reducing them.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, have synthesized a porous liquid with the potential for application in a wide range of new, more efficient and greener chemical processes including carbon capture. They are used for manufacturing a range of products from plastic bottles to petrol. Nicola Giri, Mario G.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd. “Toyota is taking a step on its own to secure the materials it needs to ensure stable production.&#.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

Price doubling from 2014/2015 was first seen in China and is now being felt worldwide, with lithium hydroxide prices from $16-20 and carbonate prices from $12-14 thousand USD per ton. This also ignores fundamental production challenges within the “big five” itself. Automotive Thrust. Demand Response: A Wild Ride.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Nordic has always been at the forefront in embracing green new energy transportation, and as a leader in new energy vehicles We look forward to in-depth cooperation with Bergkvarabuss to continue to provide clean, safe and comfortable pure electric bus products and related solutions.”. Entering the European market again! matching solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2010

The paper in Science is a call to action as half the world’s growing population lives off marginal land at risk of being degraded by annual grain production. Their larger roots, which can reach ten to 12 feet down, reduce erosion, build soil and sequester carbon from the atmosphere. —John Reganold.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

Because of the lower carbon/hydrogen ratio of methane (CH 4 ) relative to gasoline, CO 2 emissions from the combustion of natural gas are approximately 75% of those of gasoline for a given amount of energy production. Recently enacted state low-carbon fuel standards (e.g., I.e., on an energy basis at the point of use, the CO 2.

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EV Info

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the latest figures from the US Geological Survey (USGS), global lithium production in 2019 stood at 77,000 tonnes. Jiangxi is primarily involved in the research, development, production, and sales of lithium products. million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent with an estimated 40-year mine life.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

While renewable energy, particularly solar and wind, may have some potential to mitigate carbon emissions, this is not seen as a viable large-scale alternative for commercial shipping. If renewable energy from the sun or wind is not readily available for electricity production on shore, conventional power plants can be used.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford Motor Company and Rio Tinto have signed a non-binding global memorandum of understanding (MOU) jointly to develop more sustainable and secure supply chains for battery and low-carbon materials to be used in Ford vehicles. It has potential to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.

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