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AUTO PRODUCTION: Volkswagen says last generation of combustion engines to be launched in 2026
- Date: 04-12-18
- Category: AUTO PRODUCTION
- Source: Reuters
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) strategy chief said on Tuesday the German carmaker’s core brand will develop its final generation of vehicles using combustion engine technology in 2026.
View full storyPGM SUPPLY: Lonmin in talks to access Sibanye-Stillwater mining area to minimise capital costs
- Date: 04-12-18
- Category: PGM SUPPLY
- Source: Mining MX
LONMIN was in discussions with Sibanye-Stillwater to mine through a farm fence in order to minimise its project costs, said BusinessLive citing Ben Magara, CEO of the London-listed firm which is the subject of a takeover from Sibanye-Stillwater. “We are in advanced discussions with Sibanye and the Department of Mineral Resources,” Magara told the publication. “We are spending some risk capital to get that project going,” he said of plans to mine laterally from its K3 shaft into Sibanye’s Siphum
View full storyELECTRIC VEHICLES: Two-thirds of all housing units in US had a garage or carport in 2017
- Date: 04-12-18
- Category: ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- Source: Green Car Congress
According to the US Bureau of the Census 2017 American Housing Survey, 66% of all occupied housing units in the United States had a garage or carport in 2017. Garages and carports often have access to electricity for parked vehicles, so these data are important for electric vehicle studies.
View full storyPGM SUPPLY: No. 2 Platinum Miner Mulls Purchases in Low-Cost Asset Shift
- Date: 04-12-18
- Category: PGM SUPPLY
- Source: Bloomberg
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. said it’s open to acquiring low-cost assets as the struggling miner looks beyond a plan to close unprofitable shafts in South Africa. The No. 2 platinum producer, known as Implats, is playing catch-up with larger rival Anglo American Platinum Ltd., which is boosting output and profit after shifting to lower-cost operations.
View full storyBATTERIES: SK Innovation battery project targets US automotive market
- Date: 03-12-18
- Category: BATTERIES
- Source: Best Mag
SK Innovation plans to invest 1.98 trillion South Korean won (US$1.01 billion) to establish an electric vehicle (EV) batteries production base in Jackson County, Georgia as they look to establish themselves in the US, “the largest battleground of global automakers”.
View full storyLITHIUM: Tianqi buys stake in lithium miner SQM from Nutrien for $4.1 billion
- Date: 03-12-18
- Category: LITHIUM
- Source: Reuters
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - China’s Tianqi Lithium Corp (002466.SZ) has purchased a 23.77 percent share in Chilean lithium miner SQM (SQMa.SN) from Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien (NTR.TO), the Chilean stock exchange said on Monday, for a total sale price of $4.066 billion.
View full storyLITHIUM: Bolivia’s Almost Impossible Lithium Dream
- Date: 03-12-18
- Category: LITHIUM
- Source: Bloomberg
One of the world’s poorest nations is sitting on the second-largest amount of the mineral needed to power electric cars.
View full storyAUTO SALES: Volume dips 0.5% as cars sputter, but 17M year within sight
- Date: 03-12-18
- Category: AUTO SALES
- Source: Auto News
U.S. light-vehicle sales slipped 0.5 percent in November as robust fleet shipments by some automakers failed to offset slumping demand for passenger cars.
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