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BATTERIES: South Korea's POSCO drops plans for Chilean battery material plant

  • Date: 22-06-19
  • Category: BATTERIES
  • Source: Auto.com

The reason behind dropout is that the project POSCO proposed requires lithium hydroxide, a type of the metal increasingly favored by EV battery makers but one not produced by Albemarle in Chile.

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CHINA: Beijing policies dash hope for quick market rebound

  • Date: 21-06-19
  • Category: CHINA
  • Source: Auto News China

At the Shanghai auto show in April, most auto company executives expected China’s new-vehicle market, which contracted in 2018 for the first time in nearly three decades, to resume growth in the second half of 2019.

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LITHIUM: Altura Shipping and Operations Update

  • Date: 21-06-19
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Altura Mining

Altura is pleased to provide an update on operations, marketing and sales from its flagship Altura Lithium Project located at Pilgangoora in Western Australia.

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WAGE NEGOTIATIONS: AMCU inks R14,000 deal with Siyanda

The association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has signed a wage agreement with Rustenburg-based Siyanda Bakgalta Platinum Mine, which will see miners paid a basic wage of R14,309/month in the third year of a three-year agreement.

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EMISSIONS: Gestamp urges common sense CO2 targets

  • Date: 21-06-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Just Auto

Ever-tighter CO2 targets from the European Commission (EC) require a degree of "common sense," says Gestamp as Brussels shows no sign of easing its focus on emissions reduction.

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AUTO NEWS: Japan played a hidden role in breakdown of Fiat Chrysler, Renault deal

  • Date: 21-06-19
  • Category: AUTO NEWS
  • Source: Europe Auto News

TOKYO/PARIS -- The Japanese government played a role in the breakdown of merger talks between Renault and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles earlier this month, weighing in with concerns that the combination could harm Nissan, people familiar with the matter said.

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LITHIUM: Toyota Tsusho to wait on EV market before upping lithium investment

  • Date: 21-06-19
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Reuters

NAGOYA, Japan, June 21 (Reuters) - Toyota Tsusho Corp , one of the world’s biggest lithium producers, said on Friday it would take at least two more years to properly gauge the global electric vehicle (EV) market’s direction before deciding whether to further expand supply.

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SOUTH AFRICA: Ramaphosa's Old Union Seeks S. Africa Platinum Mine Comeback

  • Date: 21-06-19
  • Category: SOUTH AFRICA
  • Source: Yahoo Finance

(Bloomberg) -- The National Union of Mineworkers, which dominated organized labor across South Africa’s platinum belt until the massacre at Lonmin Plc’s Marikana mine in 2012, is plotting a comeback.

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