Factbox-DLE companies racing to reshape global lithium production

By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Lithium, the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries, has historically been produced using water-intensive evaporation ponds or open-pit mines. But a fleet of direct lithium extraction (DLE) technologies is on the verge of upending that. Many of these DLE technologies are so far unproven without the use of evaporation …

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Explosionen in Kiew bei Besuch afrikanischer Friedensdelegation

Kiew (Reuters) – Während des Besuchs einer Friedensdelegation afrikanischer Staats- und Regierungschefs haben mindestens zwei Explosionen Kiew erschüttert. Ein Reuters-Zeuge berichtete am Freitag von zwei Detonationen im Zentrum der ukrainischen Hauptstadt. Auch Bürgermeister Vitali Klitschko zufolge gab es Explosionen im zentralen Stadtteil Podil. Sie stammten von der Luftabwehr. Es gebe keine Beschädigungen an Einrichtungen oder …

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Banken zahlen EZB-Langfristkredite erneut vorzeitig zurück

Frankfurt (Reuters) – Geldhäuser in der Eurozone wollen erneut Langfristkredite vorzeitig an die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) zurückzahlen. Die Banken wollten bei der dritten Serie dieser zielgerichteten Kredite diesmal 29,46 Milliarden Euro frühzeitig zurückreichen, teilte die Notenbank am Freitag in Frankfurt mit. Im März hatten die Finanzinstitute 87,73 Milliarden Euro vorzeitig zurückgezahlt. Mit den in der …

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England and Wales report 40% rise in company insolvencies

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Company insolvencies in England and Wales last month jumped 40% year on year to the highest level since monthly records began in January 2019, government data showed on Friday. In May, 2,552 companies were declared insolvent, overwhelmingly through creditors’ voluntary liquidations, in which a company’s directors agree to wind up …

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Tesla’s China expansion hits speed bump amid industry overcapacity

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla’s ambitious plan to boost auto production in Shanghai, its most valuable plant globally, hinges on China’s approvals to develop 70 hectares (172 acres) of former farmland that is currently overgrown with wildflowers. Once courted by Beijing to help spur the development of a domestic electric vehicle (EV) industry, Tesla may now be …

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Zimbabwe’s president orders central bank to stop foreign currency borrowing

HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the central bank to stop foreign currency borrowing, as the government battles to contain a plunge in the local currency ahead of a general election. Mnangagwa faces a tough bid for re-election in an Aug. 23 vote amid surging inflation and a Zimdollar that has weakened …

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