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Jervois to acquire SMP nickel & cobalt refinery in Brazil; concentrate from Idaho for refining, cobalt metal back to US

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SMP Refinery has annual refined production capacity of 25,000 metric tonnes of nickel and 2,000 metric tonnes of cobalt and is currently on care and maintenance. Jervois currently is a cobalt company with nickel and copper exposure, with mining assets in Idaho, Uganda, and Australia. SMP Refinery restart scenarios.

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Flat-pack OX electric truck gets a $163 million order, expands in Africa

Baua Electric

Electric truck startup OX Delivers scored a $163 million multi-year deal to bring its tough, capable, and low-cost electric trucks-as-a-service vehicles to East Africa in a bid to bring e-mobility to the global south. OX Delivers calls its truck the first purpose-built electric vehicle for the Global South. Good for them.

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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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The projects include a recycling center to reduce plastic waste at Ankole Institute, in southwestern Uganda. The center was built by students from Kyambogo University of Kampala, Uganda. They employed a 3D printer to make signs in braille, they built a wheelchair, and they automated the school’s doors to improve access.

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