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AVZ Minerals scores long-awaited Manono Project license

May 4, 2022May 9, 2022 admin

AVZ Minerals Limited (ASX: AVZ, OTCQX: AZZVF) (AVZ or Company) is pleased to announce that the Minister of Mines has issued the Ministerial Decree to award the Permit d’Exploitation (PE or Mining Licence) for its flagship Manono Lithium and Tin Project (Manono Project). Dathcom Mining SA is 75% owned by AVZ International Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of AVZMinerals Limited.Award of the Mining LicenceThe signing of the Ministerial Decree to award the Mining Licence to Dathcom Mining SA (Dathcom), in which AVZ holds a 75% interest via its wholly… Read More Here

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Tesla delays filing as investors await word on possible stock split

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 admin

Tesla Inc. needs more time to file a regular disclosure ahead of its annual shareholders’ meeting, pushing back a potential detailing of plans for issuing new shares and a possible stock split. Elon Musk’s electric-car-market leader said on Monday in a securities filing that it wouldn’t be able to file a proxy statement until sometime later this year, without providing a specific timeline. Tesla faced an April 30 deadline for filing its shareholder proxy after the end of its fiscal year on Dec. 31. “We currently expect that our definitive… Read More Here

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Zambia and DRC sign Cooperating Agreements to Start Manufacturing Electric Batteries

April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 admin1 Comment

Head of State Félix Tshisekedi and his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema decide to harmonize their development policies and strategies vis-à-vis the mining and industrial sector for the success of the market relating to the establishment of a value in the electric battery and clean energy sector. To do this, they have set up a framework called “Battery Council of the Republic of Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC – Zambia Battery Council). “Our two brotherly states agree to set up a common governance framework, called the Battery Council of… Read More Here

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Development of DRC’s electric battery industry, the FPI ready to support the African Center of Excellence

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 arnbethnic1 Comment

Long decried as the Congolese Achilles’ heel, the FPI Industry Promotion Fund says it is ready to finance the bankable research projects of the African Center of Excellence for the Electric Battery Industry recently launched in Lubumbashi, capital of the province of Haut-Katanga. After the installation of the African Center of Excellence for the Electric Battery Industry by the Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku, Congolese researchers are invited to play an important role in this project. To do this, the FPI is called upon to support the various research projects… Read More Here

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Julien Paluku invites Congolese to invest in the electric battery market valued between 8 and 10 trillion USD

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 arnbethnic

The Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku, is mobilizing local investors in the electric battery production project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On an official mission in the copper city of Lubumbashi, the Congolese Minister of Industry wants to see the Congolese be the first to take the initiative to take ownership of this vast and ambitious project launched by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( ground floor). According to him, this project aims to mobilize financial resources estimated at between 8 and 10,000 billion US… Read More Here

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Musk appeals for more lithium production to meet battery demand

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 admin

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk made a public appeal for more investment in lithium mining to close what he sees as a yawning gap between supply and demand that’s being fueled by the adoption of electric vehicles. Battery production, and more specifically lithium, is the “fundamental limiting factor” for electric-vehicle adoption worldwide, Musk said on an earnings call with investors Wednesday. “We think we’re going to need to help the industry on this front,” Musk said. “I’d certainly encourage entrepreneurs out there who are looking for opportunities to… Read More Here

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Financing of Electric Battery Project -DRC

April 20, 2022April 21, 2022 admin

Antoinette N’SAMBA KALAMBAYI is expected today Wednesday in Haut Katanga. The Head of State will launch the Center of Excellence specialized in training and research in battery chemistry and technology. Indeed, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) aims to become a world leader in the production of electric car batteries, this is what emerged from the statement made by Congolese officials at the opening of the “DRC AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM ” forum organized last year in Kinshasa. The Congolese authorities have, on occasion, highlighted the large deposits of lithium and… Read More Here

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Electric vehicle growth outpaces installation of battery chargers

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 admin

As electric vehicle sales take off, the number of those EVs on the road is growing faster than the number of public charging points to support them. That’s one of the high-level conclusions from an in-depth study on the state of public charging infrastructure that my BNEF colleague Ryan Fisher published recently. The number of EVs on the road per public charging point globally rose to 9.2 at the end of last year, from 7.4 at the end of 2020. That’s not surprising. Last year was a breakout year for plug-in vehicle… Read More Here

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Tesla may start mining lithium as Musk cites battery metal cost

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 admin

Nearly two years after Tesla Inc. outlined a plan to dig for lithium, its chief Elon Musk signaled that the electric car giant might start doing so, due to skyrocketing cost of the metal key to battery technology. Price of lithium has gone to insane levels! Tesla might actually have to get into the mining & refining directly at scale, unless costs improve. There is no shortage of the element itself, as lithium is almost everywhere on Earth, but pace of extraction/refinement is slow.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 8, 2022 Lithium has joined… Read More Here

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DRC: CES President Jean-Pierre Kiwakana calls on government to implement the project to create electric battery manufacturing plants at local level

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 admin

The Economic and Social Council (CES) proceeded on Friday, April 1st at the People’s Palace to the solemn opening of its April session. On this occasion, the president of this institution of the Republic Jean-Pierre Kiwakana reviewed all the major challenges facing the country before proposing ways of solution. Speaking of the DRC, which is increasingly positioning itself as a “solution country” in the ecological and energy transition and which rightly gives itself the ambition of being the world leader in the production of electric batteries and, therefore, a major player… Read More Here