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ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe targets $12bn from mineral exports in five years

  • Date: 05-11-18
  • Category: ZIMBABWE
  • Source: Mining Weekly
HARARE – Zimbabwe expects to earn $12-billion a year from mineral exports by 2023, Mines Minister Winston Chitando said. Mineral production is expected to be boosted by increased output at Anglo American Platinum’s Unki Mine and Impala Platinum Holdings’s Mimosa project, which have submitted expansion plans to the government, Chitando told lawmakers Monday in the capital, Harare.
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PGM SUPPLY: Jubilee's Hernic reaches 2 500 6E oz a month production milestone

  • Date: 05-11-18
  • Category: PGM SUPPLY
  • Source: Mining Weekly

Aim- and AltX-listed Jubilee Metals' Hernic Platinum project reached a new production milestone in October, producing 2 500 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium, or 6E platinum-group metals (PGMs).

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AUTO SALES: German sales fall 7% but WLTP slide slows

  • Date: 05-11-18
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: http://europe.autonews.com/

FRANKFURT -- German registrations fell at a lower pace in October as Europe's biggest market stabilized following disruption caused by the introduction of new emissions rules.

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DIESEL: New data proves that modern diesel cars emit low pollutant emissions on the road

  • Date: 05-11-18
  • Category: DIESEL
  • Source: European Automobile Manufacturers Association

New data released today by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) provides evidence that latest-generation diesel cars emit low pollutant emissions on the road. This data was measured in real-driving conditions by the drivers of the various national type approval authorities.

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AUTONOMY: AImotive Unveils Third-Generation Neural Network for Self-Driving Cars

  • Date: 05-11-18
  • Category: AUTONOMY
  • Source: Electronics360

AImotive has been working on its autonomous vehicle (AV) technology for a number of years, focusing on vision-first technology that will help automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers achieve self-driving capabilities faster. It showed off these capabilities in a highway test last year.

Now the company has released its AiWare3, the third-generation, scalable, low-power, hardware neural network (NN) acceleration core. The technology is designed for the rigorous requirements of automotive embedded solutions by providing heightened performance in both central processing and sensor fusion units for those companies seeking to achieve Level 3 autonomy.

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AUTONOMY: GM CEO promises autonomous cars on the roads next year

  • Date: 05-11-18
  • Category: AUTONOMY
  • Source: Smart Highways

General Motors will not “fall behind” in the race to put driverless cars on the streets and will have them deployed on geofenced public roads in the US next year, according to company CEO Mary Barra.

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: LCVs poised to gain from electric push, but costs, range remain risks

With a big push from European and local pollution reduction regulations, electrification is emerging as a viable option for light commercial vehicles. As with battery-electric passenger cars, sales of full-electric LCVs are currently tiny -- well below 1 percent of the overall market -- but automakers are expanding their lineups and displaying futuristic delivery concepts. New players from Europe, Asia and major suppliers plan to enter the market.

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FUEL CELLS: High subsidies become commercial pushers : the heat and embarrassment of Chinese hydrogen fuel cell cars

  • Date: 03-11-18
  • Category: FUEL CELLS
  • Source: china-hydrogen.org

On October 25th, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the China Association for Science and Technology Wan Gang at 2018 Third International Hydrogen Energy In the keynote speech with the Fuel Cell Vehicle Conference (FCVC), the status quo of the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles was mentioned: although the development prospects of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are improving, they are also facing the "defective" situation of related enterprises and consumers.

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