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Whilst we were at the AGM last year, we were told briefly about one close neighbour in Amapa State who may well want to use our railway once it is up and running. (May already be)
Today Great Panther Mines announced news on the Amapa Mine......

https://www.sedar.com/GetFile.do?lang=EN&docClass=8&issuerNo=00008846&issuerType=03&projectNo=03006922&docId=4650586

https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200113/pdf/44d73h817mdsn9.pdf

I have to say having watched a few of the utube videos of the actual landslide happening and the damage that ensued I guess there will be a hefty replacement bill to get it back and running plus the deterioration since. I hadn't quite grasped how big the set up was....and from the screen shots from the ground the stockpiles are also mahoosive. We do seem to have moved up a rung to a higher level of operation.

New York Electric School Buses will Feed Power to Grid as part of Consolidated Edison’s vehicle-to-grid pilot program. ConEd's goal is to use the energy stored in the Electric Bus batteries to support the NY grid during the summer, when demand peaks.
https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/new-york-electric-school-buses-to-feed-power-grid

https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200110/pdf/44d5pqhvwwxgw2.pdf

Successful placing.....tick;)

https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200110/pdf/44d5pqhvwwxgw2.pdf

Good to hear about Tesla.
I am continuing to dig, just to confirm I'm on the right track, keeping it inhouse though for a while.
Really happy to hear about Tesla though, they have cracked it now....

New year has started off busily in 'Ourgate'

Yeah....it's bloomin massive.....

I'll guess the railway......oh go on then ;)

Welll done Kiran for getting us involved and pushing us forward . Now shush everyone ...while I find another sofa or a piggy bank to rob....

Frankie your post time is 16.35.....my iPad says it's 16.34 now....odd?

I think there is zero chance of Mr James doing that.;)

'With Tesla skipping the UK for Berlin for its new European gigafactory and blaming Brexit for the snub, the UK is at a dangerous point while it remains in limbo in terms of its relationship to key trading partner mainland Europe.'

We just got Brexit done so come on Elon, Warren, Bill ,Richard, Jeff. .....anyone with vision and deep pockets

With the EU’s tough climate legislation almost mandating a shift to electric cars, a three-way agreement involving a battery maker, at least one car maker and the UK government needs to happen quickly.

Stephen Gifford, head of economics at the Faraday Institute, said: “The market is growing so fast that, while in 2019 there isn’t demand for a gigafactory, in four years’ time there will be. The decision needs to be made now.”

Labour’s choice of locations was meant in part to highlight the urgency for creating new jobs. South Wales is where Ford is closing an engine factory in September 2020 and Swindon is home to Honda’s engine and vehicle plant, which will shut its doors in 2021.

The UK built 2.16 million engines to the end of October, down 7% on the year before, and 60% of those were exported, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. However, that number will slide dramatically once the Ford and Swindon plants go offline and EV sales start to grow.

The biggest customer for a battery factory would be Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which along with Nissan produces the largest number of vehicles in the UK. Nissan already sources its batteries from a small plant in Sunderland with the capacity to make 2GWh of cells per year (enough for around 50,000 40kWh Leafs), but batteries for hybrid Land Rovers, hybrid Toyota Corollas and electric Minis currently all come from outside the UK.

JLR has been pressing the government to act fast. “If batteries go out of the UK, then automotive production will go out of the UK,” said its CEO, Ralf Speth, in July. JLR will begin to source battery packs for its planned new Jaguar XJ electric limousine from a new plant in Hams Hall near Birmingham, but it’s relatively small scale and the actual cells will come from outside the UK.

Getting those cells made in the UK is crucial, both for retaining jobs and avoiding shipping heavy batteries from places like China when EV production really takes off. It’s helpful, too, to avoid being hit by painful currency fluctuations and to ensure enough of the car’s content is home sourced as the UK begins the process of striking its own trade agreements. The battery makes up around 40% of the cost of building an electric car, according to JLR.

Speth has made it clear that JLR can’t afford to invest in a cell plant. For one thing, the process of making battery cells is far outside the core knowledge of a car company like JLR. Even early pioneer Nissan has since sold its battery operations in Sunderland and elsewhere to Chinese firm Envision Group.

The key is to persuade an established battery maker to set up shop here, like LG Chem has done in Poland, Samsung SDI has done in Hungary and Swedish newcomer Northvolt is doing in both its homeland and for Volkswagen via a joint venture to build a plant in Salzgitter, Germany.

With Tesla skipping the UK for Berlin for its new European gigafactory and blaming Brexit for the snub, the UK is at a dangerous point while it remains in limbo in terms of its relationship to key trading partner mainland Europe.

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The calls for the UK to gain its own ‘gigafactory’ to make batteries for electric cars have grown so loud over the past couple of years that it even became an election issue. Both the Conservatives and Labour have pledged to fund gigafactories, with Labour going so far as to promise £2 billion to finance half the cost of three gigafactories, to be located in south Wales, Stoke and Swindon. The Conservatives, meanwhile, promised “a gigafactory” without costing it.

Whatever the outcome of the election, it’s clear the UK car industry will depend on being able to source batteries locally and soon. “Within a year, most car producers and battery manufacturers will make their decisions about where in Europe the next generation of gigafactories will be built. Without urgent action, the UK is in danger of losing out in the race,” the Faraday Institute, a government-funded battery action group, wrote in a recent report.

It’s also clear there are large barriers in the way. “We’re in serious danger of missing out for a number of reasons,” said David Bailey, professor of business economics at the Birmingham Business School. “Brexit is a serious issue and we are lagging in terms of electric vehicle take-up and infrastructure. Why would a company want to invest in a massive battery plant here?”

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Labour’s choice of locations was meant in part to highlight the urgency for creating new jobs. South Wales is where Ford is closing an engine factory in September 2020 and Swindon is home to Honda’s engine and vehicle plant, which will shut its doors in 2021.

The UK built 2.16 million engines to the end of October, down 7% on the year before, and 60% of those were exported, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. However, that number will slide dramatically once the Ford and Swindon plants go offline and EV sales start to grow.

The biggest customer for a battery factory would be Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which along with Nissan produces the largest number of vehicles in the UK. Nissan already sources its batteries from a small plant in Sunderland with the capacity to make 2GWh of cells per year (enough for around 50,000 40kWh Leafs), but batteries for hybrid Land Rovers, hybrid Toyota Corollas and e

https://electriccarsreport.com/2020/01/hyundai-motor-group-to-launch-44-electrified-models-by-2025-23-all-electric/

Bcn tweet
Hyundai Motors will invest more than US$87 billion in new Electric Vehicles over next 5 years. Hyundai's EV range will be expanded to 44 models by 2025, including 13 hybrids, six PEH and 23 EV models. The first new EV model will launch in 2021

Or are they all working together to save the planet. The Tesla Cad is free....

I did a little digging last night and found this on Bacanora/Sonora. Although no date refers to recent events

https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/projects/sonora-lithium-project/

Still links Bcn/us to Tesla....

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A new exchange trading rare earths, cobalt and other minor metals has been launched.

The Chinese city of Ganzhou has launched an exchange for physical trading of rare earths and other minor metals.

The Ganzhou Rare Metal Exchange was launched on December 31, 2019, according...