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Tirupati Graphite opens second mine in Madagascar at Vatomina Project

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Tirupati Graphite plc, a fully integrated specialist graphite producer and graphene developer with operations in Madagascar and India, has opened its second mine in Madagascar at the Vatomina Project, where it remains on track to start commissioning the first 9,000 tpa processing plant in Q2 2021.

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Roskill: Cobalt demand to grow steadily over the next decade

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Since the commercialization of Li-ion batteries in early 1990s, it has been consumer electronics that has underpinned cobalt demand. Refining activities in China have also been affected to some extent by strict quarantine measures imposed across the country in the first four months of the year, with refineries running at low utilization rate.

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Video Friday: ARTEMIS

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CMU ] I cannot believe that this system made it to the commercial pilot stage, but pretty awesome that it has, right? RoboCup ] WeRobotics is coordinating critical cargo drone logistics in Madagascar with Aerial Metric, Madagascar Flying Labs and PSI. Plus ] Curiosity has now been exploring Mars for 10 years (!)

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Video Friday: Ameca Humanoid

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MBZIRC ] Madagascar Flying Labs and WeRobotics are using cargo drones to deliver essential medicines to very remote communities in northern Madagascar. JPL ] I'm not totally sold on the viability of commercial bathroom cleaning robots, but I do appreciate how well the techology seems to work. WeRobotics ] It's.

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Tirupati Graphite to acquire strategic Mozambique graphite projects from Battery Minerals

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Mozambique is home to commercially significant deposits of graphite; a key determinant of mining opportunities in Mozambique is the global energy transition, which has driven demand for certain minerals needed for electric vehicles and vehicles that rely on hydrogen fuel cells. Background.

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Tesla supplier sheds light on graphite supply challenge for EV battery manufacturers [Editorial]

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“The single biggest impediment to new investment is the opaque nature of the market because to get the commercial debt in place is really challenging,” said Verner. Russia, Madagascar, Ukraine, Norway, Canada, India, and Sri Lanka make up the remaining Top 10 countries that produce graphite. Graphite Supply.

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A closer look at graphite—its forms, functions and future in EV batteries

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The Inflation Reduction Act requires, to receive the incentives, restrictions on where the critical minerals come from, where they’re processed, etc, so we’re looking at Canada, Brazil, Australia, we’re looking at Southern Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, for alternate sources of the raw material.

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