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https://www.miningweekly.com/article/volkswagen-seeks-partners-for-battery-materials-race-2021-06-16

Wednesday 5 May 2021

Governments around the world should consider strategically stockpiling metals critical for energy transition technologies to avoid the “looming mismatch” between their climate intentions and the availability of such materials.

A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) today said that countries should act now to shore up supplies of metals such as nickel, lithium, and cobalt, in order to prevent threats to their energy security.

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The report comes amid a raft of heightened climate pledges from nations planning to shift their economies away from fossil fuels.

This will require a massive uptake of battery technologies, which currently depend on scarce supplies of rare earth metals.

A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a similarly sized gas-fired power plant, the report says.

“Today, the data shows a looming mismatch between the world’s strengthened climate ambitions and the availability of critical minerals that are essential to realising those ambitions,” said Fatih Birol, executive director of the Paris-based agency.

“The challenges are not insurmountable, but governments must give clear signals about how they plan to turn their climate pledges into action. By acting now and acting together, they can significantly reduce the risks of price volatility and supply disruptions.”

https://www.cityam.com/stockpile-key-battery-metals-to-avoid-looming-mismatch-governments-warned/

Why would the Spanish government issue a license for the processing plant and not for the mine itself? What did they think was being processed at the plant? I think IL might have a legal claim on the government here and subsequently could win on appeal, all guess work though at the moment though until the horse speaks.

Rumour coming out of Hollywood is that Matthew McConaughey is playing Mick and Edgar Ramirez is playing Nick, in the new movie “Vanadium”.
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Hi all, first post here and looking for guidance really. Have done some research on KRS and I'm particularly interested in the Togo manganese project as it has synergy with other assets in my portfolio. However, I'm not sure about how legitimate some of the shareholders are, especially Jim Nominees Limited who own 15.22% of the company. They are listed in the Panama Papers as having shareholder(s) in the name of Bluebird Merchant Ventures Ltd situated in BVI & Switzerland. https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/10157992 . I'm not suggesting anything is dodgy here, just opening an area for discussion.

I agree Sanchez, a full forensic investigation as this must be the most abused share on AIM. It could identify the rats in the whole system if done properly. Anyone got any mates in the Panorama team?

Found this recent paper (15th July) in The Journal of Immunology: https://www.jimmunol.org/content/205/2/307?rss=1
This excerpt looks intersting;
Several repurposed compounds with regulatory effects on inflammasome activity are currently being appraised in clinical trials as treatment for COVID-19. An example is tranilast, a tryptophan analogue that has a direct inhibitory action against NLRP3 (52), which is currently undergoing a randomized control trial in COVID-19 patients (registration number: ChiCTR2000030002 on the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry). Tranilast is initially approved for the treatment of allergic and inflammatory diseases such as bronchial asthma, atypical dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis, keloids, and hypertrophic scars (53). Now, its effectiveness has also been recognized in the treatment of fibrosis, proliferative disorders, cancer, cardiovascular problems, autoimmune disorders, ocular diseases, diabetes, and renal diseases (53). Tranilast might be an attractive intervention for COVID-19 patients with comorbidities, given its wide array of therapeutic effects with minimal side effects. However, tranilast should not be used together with the anticoagulant drug warfarin, in the event that the latter is used clinically to control blood clotting in COVID-19 patients, as the two drugs are known to interact with each other synergistically to produce serious side effects (54).

I agree jonno44, seems silly for such a relatively small amount of money. Apologies to PekingDuck , you were correct.

That buy at 15.30 10k is mine. 2's will be history soon.

Have a good weekend all!

I think that web footed person from Beijing is quackers! I'm hearing rumours of a duck shoot...

I'm definitely not worried. V man has a Fortune in his pocket to make this a great company :)
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That was mine. Unfortubately that was the best Price II would give me :( Knew I should have bought last week. Hey ho but I'm still happy with it...

Well this should help get things moving!
https://www.goauto.com.au/news/general-news/electric-vehicles/french-president-announces-ev-stimulus-package/2020-05-29/82937.html

Hi, I'm new to this share and wondered if someone here could tell me if this patent becoming active today in several countries, including JP & USA is significant?

https://patents.google.com/patent/US9512064B2/en

Engie just released this:

https://www.business-live.co.uk/technology/30m-solar-farm-battery-storage-17327469?utm_source=businesslive_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BL_YorkshireHumber_smallteaser_Text_Story1&utm_campaign=yorkshire_humber_newsletter

I’m guessing they’ll be using UET VRFB products as they teamed up with them in July here:

https://www.engie.com/en/news/uet-first-reflex-module/

Would be nice if the planned world’s biggest offshore windfarm, up here also, at Dogger Bank in the North Sea, used VRFB too!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/01/worlds-largest-wind-turbines-to-be-built-off-yorkshire-coast

Thoughts anyone?

Ex - as in "has been"
Spert - as in "drip under pressure"
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I really don't understand how shorting has not been banned. It's blatantly obvious by what's going on here that these b8ggers can target any company they like on AIM and screw them royally! I feel for the PI's here that have panicked, sold and lost money, some of them may have put large chunks of savings or pensions in here, just to be robbed by dodgy shorters. How do some people sleep at night!

Fundamentals will win in the end though, hence I'm staying put

Apologies all, that statement wasn’t meant to offend and yes FM strikes me as an honourable man too. I guess I’m a little frustrated with the SP at this moment, even though I think we’ll be at multiples of the current price by the end of the year.

Spot on beginerman! Makes one wonder if it could possibly have be engineered to happen that way, Fortune does appear to have a vision for SA…

Osaka, I agree 100% but for me the biggest play on AIM is BMN.

BMN are a vertically integrated primary vanadium producer, with an additional focus on vanadium redox flow battery technology. Vanadium redox flow batteries are currently not suitable for most mobile applications, but they are among the technologies which enable the mass adoption of intermittent renewable energy sources.

Best to be invested in both imo as the renewable revolution is upon us

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