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In Case You Missed It: Business News from the Field
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In Case You Missed It: Business News from the Field
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0 Kibaran Resources to Expand Range of Graphite Products Johannesburg , South Africa: Kibaran Resources plans to accelerate
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the commercialization of battery graphite
production during 2018 by establishing
a pilot plant in Germany. The plant is
battery-grade graphite by the end of the
year. Together with the sale of graphite
concentrate from its Epanko graphite project
in Tanzania, the pilot plant will enable
Kibaran to supply the full range of graphite
products.
GFG Alliance Seeks Dominance
in Renewable Energy
Dingwall, Scotland: In a bid to become
the United Kingdom’s largest provider
of renewable energy, GFG Alliance will
acquire Green Highland Renewables via
its subsidiary SIMEC Energy. This move
will double SIMEC’s existing portfolio.
In addition, the company has proposed
constructing eight new hydroelectric plants
and is consulting on plans for a 54-turbine
wind farm.
EU Project Focuses on Large
Composite Part Manufacturing
Paterna, Spain: The plastics technology
center, AIMPLAS, is coordinating
a European project with the goal of
manufacturing methods for large composite
parts in vehicles, trains, and trucks. Known
as Recotrans, this project uses materials
that are hybrids of thermoplastic polymeric
composites and metals. Recotrans is
projected to last 42 months and has
13 participating partners from seven
countries. Funding for the project was
received from the EU Horizon 2020
research and innovation program.
(Pictured left): The Christophe de
Margerie LNG Tanker, built by Daewoo
Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
(DSME) and commissioned by
Sovcomflot, won the award for
Engineering Project of the Year at the
2017 Platts Global Energy Awards. The
tanker is capable of sailing through
ice up to 2.1 meters thick and, in
August 2017, became the world’s first
merchant vessel to independently travel
the full length of the Northern Sea
Route. (Image courtesy DSME) (...truncated)