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Equatorial Guinea, DRC to develop joint oil refinery and storage facilities

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The agreement provides for the establishment of a working group to achieve shared energy objectives and the implementation of specific projects. West-Central Coastal Province, West Africa. —Equatorial Guinea’s Minister Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima.

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Mexico forms state-run company to mine lithium: Litio para Mexico

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Lithium for Mexico will coordinate with the Undersecretariat of Energy Planning and Transition of the Ministry of Energy. million tons of identified lithium resources, ranking the country 10 th in the world behind Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, the US, Australia, China, Congo, Canada and Germany. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7

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EGC enters trading agreement with Trafigura with the aim to transform the ASM cobalt mining sector in DRC

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The trading agreement includes the provision of finance by Trafigura to fund the creation of strictly controlled artisanal mining zones, the installation of ore purchasing stations and costs related to the transparent and traceable delivery of cobalt hydroxide to Trafigura on an export cleared basis.

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Benchmark: Indonesia could become major cobalt producer; forecasts 30x boost

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This would bring Indonesia into second place for cobalt mining, after the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although HPAL is able to leach nickel and cobalt quickly from laterite ores, it is challenged by corrosion and erosion and energy requirements, as well as operational and maintenance issues.

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GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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Depending on region, these may include power generation; gas re-injection (for enhanced oil recovery, gathering and processing); pipeline development and distributed energy solutions. Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year.

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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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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF). —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals – ET Auto

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A meltdown in some of the most-hyped energy-transition metals is wreaking havoc across the mining world, stalling projects, scuppering deals and triggering a scramble for cash that promises to reverberate through the industry for years. Chemaf Resources Ltd. Junior producers have been particularly hard hit. Australia’s Core Lithium Ltd.

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