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PGM PROJECTS: PTM to raise $1.3m for Waterberg DFS

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: PGM PROJECTS
  • Source: Mining Weekly

TSX-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) on Tuesday announced its intention to raise $1.3-million in a private placement. The company will sell 1.1-million shares at a price of $1.17 apiece to Hosken Consolidated Investments, which already holds 20.05% of the company’s shares.

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EMISSIONS: Oxford council partners with research group to probe air pollution

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Air Quality News

Oxford City Council has partnered with research group OxAir to study residents’ daily exposure to air pollution, and how best it can be managed.

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HYDROGEN: Hyundai Motor and Saudi Aramco to Collaborate on Hydrogen, Advanced Non-metallic Materials and Future Technologies

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: HYDROGEN
  • Source: Hyundai News

SEOUL, June 26, 2019 – Hyundai Motor Company signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). The MOU provides a framework to accelerate expansion of a hydrogen ecosystem in the Korean and Saudi Arabian markets, and to explore the use of advanced non-metallic materials in various fields including the automotive industry.

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BATTERIES: BMW slow to heed German call for battery champions

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: BATTERIES
  • Source: Europe Auto News

BERLIN/MUNICH -- BMW is not showing much enthusiasm to get on board with a German government push to establish battery cell production in Europe, slowing a plan to create an industry that keeps pace with Asian rivals and get on the front foot on elusive climate goals.

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EMISSIONS: VW Group, Fiat Chrysler risk big EU emissions fines in 2021

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Europe Auto News

FRANKFURT -- Volkswagen Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles could face penalties of up to 1.83 billion euros ($2.08 billion) and 746 million euros, respectively, if they fail to meet the European Union's emissions targets set for 2021, according to AlixPartners.

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EMISSIONS: Europe's Tough New Emissions Rules Come With $39 Billion Threat

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Bloomberg

Time is running out for carmakers in Europe. Just six months out from stiff new emissions rules, the industry is facing up to an estimated 34 billion euros ($39 billion) in penalties as well as eroding profits from selling more electric cars.

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SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Platinum Valley’ SEZ in three months – Patel

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: SOUTH AFRICA
  • Source: Mining Weekly

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The legal entity for the Bojanala Platinum Valley Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in North West, which already has an investment pipeline in place, will be set up in the next three months, Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel promised on Tuesday evening.

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BATTERIES: Akasol to build new battery factory near Detroit

  • Date: 26-06-19
  • Category: BATTERIES
  • Source: PV Magazine

The German battery maker will produce batteries for electric trucks and buses at the new facility, which is expected to employ 200 workers and produce 400 megawatt-hours of batteries annually.

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