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BATTERY RECYCLING: Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel sign cooperation agreement on Li-ion battery recycling

Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a Li-ion battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would enable a successful “closed loop” cycle to re-use the critical metals present in used batteries.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Amplats shares extend losses on shock force majeure

Can Anglo American Platinum catch a break? After almost a decade of being battered by depressed prices, soaring costs and labour unrest, the company has seen its profits surge the past couple of years. Now an explosion at a plant in Rustenburg has forced the company to declare force majeure and slash its production guidance for the year.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Impala Platinum Holdings: A Turnaround Story Amidst Soaring PGM Prices

Impala Platinum, aka Implats, holds an enormous amount of PGM resources, mostly in southern Africa.

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PGM PROJECTS: Ivanhoe hails progress at Kamoa-Kakula, Platreef

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) said that progress at its Kakula copper project, the first of multiple planned mining areas at Kamoa-Kakula in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to move forward, with production slated for the third quarter of 2021.

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MINING: Climate-proofing mining operations in a era of climate change

  • Date: 09-03-20
  • Category: MINING
  • Source: Mining Review

By nature, mining activities are resource intensive, and by coincidence they are often located in geographies particularly vulnerable to climate change.

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EMISSIONS: GM urges China to delay new emissions regulations

  • Date: 09-03-20
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Just Auto

General Motors is urging the Chinese government to delay the next scheduled tightening of vehicle emissions regulations in the country due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus at the end of last year.

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ZIMBABWE: Diversifying Zimbabwe’s power matrix

  • Date: 09-03-20
  • Category: ZIMBABWE
  • Source: Zimbabwe Herald

Zimbabwe is setting its sights on diversifying the country’s energy matrix to ease dependence on its main ZESA electricity grid and power imports from neighbouring countries through the uptake of renewable energy.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Anglo Platinum's CEO steps down

Chris Griffith is stepping down as CEO of Anglo American Platinum. He'll be resigning after more than seven years in the post, at the age of 55.

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