kolwezimundele
27 Oct 2017
Low pitch in Cadence Like many, looking at the the next disrupter (in terms of innovation, not tweeter - we already know who the latter is): EV shares through the roof; many US listed lithium shares have risen well; cobalt miners increasing at a rapid pace. But KDNC near a 52 week low.....I know the MO of the coy and have seen the presentation. Anyone know what is lurking in the cupboard to hold it back so, before I invest 98.72% of my retirement fund in KDNC?
theprior
26 Oct 2017
Re: none of the companies producing - ..... And, let’s face it, that’s the only way they can make money (buying and selling assets) without the huge financial implications of going into production.TP
yankeechief
26 Oct 2017
Re: none of the companies producing - ... Their goal is to sell before they produce. That's what the CEO said in their talk. So it's in the run up to them producing before they incur the most costs that the investments will be sold
theprior
20 Oct 2017
And McArthur 8.5g/t gold sample at PilbaraTwo good new stories in one day !!And a lowly 3% rise in sp. tragicTP
theprior
20 Oct 2017
BCN update Kdnc RNS today is the carrier of good news re Sonora. Nice to see a blue day as a result.TP
ybhere
17 Oct 2017
DL on Stock Tube The interview is mainly on LGC Capital of which AfriAg has a share. At approx 8:40 into the video, he touches on NOVO .Made me laugh when talking about Cannabis, 7:30 approxMedical Cannabis, "You're born in a nappy. You'll die in a nappy. So at least you can be happy in a nappy. "[link]
Always Hoping
16 Oct 2017
Re: Of great interest and implication...... All great news about potential demand however non of the companies invested in produce any lithium yet
TB26
16 Oct 2017
Re: Of great interest and implication...... This has not helped VW either, but good for Cobolt miners.[link]
sage in the hills
14 Oct 2017
Re: Of great interest and implication..... The city of Paris is to ban all petroleum-based vehicles on its territory by 2030 and prohibit diesel cars as soon as 2024, sending fresh shockwaves through Europe’s stunned motor industry.The extremely tight timetable pre-empts France’s drive to end sales of the internal combustion engine by 2040, and shows just how quickly the electric revolution is shaking up the old order. It underscores the mounting business risk facing those car producers still betting that petrol and diesel models are here to stay.“It is a credible and sustainable trajectory,” said Christophe Najdovski, the Green deputy-mayor of Paris. “We’re planning to press ahead with the end of fossil-based vehicles because quite simply we’re running out of time. The climate cannot wait.”Mr Najdovski said a twelve-year transition is ample time for the car industry to adjust. “We are trying to get ahead of the process. It is perfectly doable,” he said.ADVERTISINGBehind the French push is a hard-headed calculation by President Emmanuel Macron that his country has a chance of seizing European leadership in a lucrative new industry, vaulting ahead of German producers caught off guard by the speed of change.The Renault-Nissan Alliance is already the world leader with sales of 460,000 electric vehicles, led by the Nissan Leaf - manufactured, as it happens, in Sunderland. “The vehicle of the future will be an electric, connected, autonomous car,” says Carlos Ghosn, the Alliance’s chief executive.Ian Fletcher, an expert on the European car industry at IHS Markit, said one must read the legal fine-print of the Paris ban before judging the real implications.“I am always wary when people talk about electrification because it can means no many things, But this is a significant step,” he said.Mr Fletcher said the French government is systematically pursuing an industrial strategy in favour of electric vehicles: backing research; retraining workers; and helping to retool component suppliers.“The Germans have been late to the party. The French think they can establish leadership in the market. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is very well-placed,” he said.Europe is racing to keep up with China, which is pushing a drastic plan of electrification and threatens to dominate the new technology. China is already the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles, and its lead is growing. The target is to produce 7m electric and hybrid vehicles a year by 2015, capitalizing on China’s edge in lithium battery output - an area neglected by the Europeans. Electric carsThe trajectory of electric vehicle sales is astonishing, but it is China that is running away with the prize CREDIT: INSIDECLIMATE NEWSAs of 2019, each company selling cars in China must meet a zero-emission quota of 10pc, rising to 12pc in 2020. Those that cannot do so will face fines or have to buy ‘EV-credits’ from rivals - likely to be Chinese producers.The industry ministry is drafting plans for a prohibition of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, an ominous development for OPEC oil producers counting on Asia to boost long-term crude demand.The Chinese know they cannot match the sophisticated combustion engines of Western carmakers in the near future, but they can outflank them by shifting to an electric drive-train and shaping the market by regulatory fiat.China's strategic drive will become an increasing threat as the cost of electric vehicles falls to petrol parity by the early 2020s, eliminating the need for subsidy. The risk for the traditional carmakers is that China could do to them what it has already done to German solar companies: wipe them out.The French aim to head off this danger. The country is already Europe’s biggest market for electric vehicles, thanks to subsidies of up to €6,000, or €10,000 where the switch replaces a diesel model that is over ten years old.German producers are scrambling to make up lost ground and will prove formidab
sage in the hills
14 Oct 2017
Of great interest and implication..... [link]
TB26
06 Oct 2017
Faster charging lithium This will help secure Lithium as the battery material of choice, full charge in 5 minutes...www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41523653 "To make their batteries, the Rice team used carbon derived from asphalt that was mixed with graphene nanoribbons and then coated with lithium metal.Prof Tour said the manufacturing process behind this new approach was simpler than earlier techniques it had developed for making fast-charging batteries.The Rice team has put prototype batteries through hundreds of cycles of charging and discharging to ensure the technology is stable.This testing also revealed that the batteries were less likely to suffer the build-up of structures called "lithium dendrites" that can gradually spread through a device limiting its life."
sage in the hills
03 Oct 2017
Complete summary re EV Detroit Rolls Ahead On Electric Vehicles -- WSJ03/10/2017 8
2amDow Jones NewsGM (NYSE:GM)Intraday Stock ChartToday : Tuesday 3 October 2017Click Here for more GM Charts.Mike Colias This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (October 3, 2017).Detroit's largest auto makers ramped up plans for electric vehicles in coming years, the latest push from traditional car companies to respond to tougher emissions regulations and the prospect that some markets across the globe could eventually ban internal combustion engines powered with fossil fuels.General Motors Co. plans to introduce two more electric vehicles in the U.S. over the next 18 months and 20 globally within six years, the nation's largest auto maker by sales said Monday. At the same time, crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. said it had formed a new team to help direct investments toward new electrified vehicles expected in the next several years. The Detroit-based group, called "Team Edison," will explore partnerships with suppliers and other companies, the auto maker said.The auto makers are investing billions of dollars in electric vehicles despite challenges turning a profit on them due to expensive technology costs that increase vehicle prices, and tepid consumer demand. GM and Ford are currently minting profits in the U.S. with fuel-thirsty pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles that consumers find enticing amid low gasoline prices.Electric vehicles account for less than 1% of U.S. sales, and a sliver of the nearly 90 million sold around the world. Infrastructure challenges remain, with additional charging stations needed to keep vehicles powered and avoid stranded motorists. Investors have bid up shares of Tesla Inc., pressuring traditional car companies, but the Silicon Valley electric-car maker consistently loses money.Still, countries including China, the U.K., France and India have signaled plans to ban sales of vehicles powered with gasoline or diesel fuels in the coming decades. The head of California's Air Resources Board recently suggested the state could follow suit. That is on top of burgeoning negotiations among California, Trump administration officials and car executives over potentially relaxing tough future emissions standards that require companies to sell vehicles getting better mileage.The upshot is car executives, even while highlighting challenges with market demand and lobbying for regulatory changes, are increasingly sounding bullish on electric cars and, in some instances, echoing statements from government officials."General Motors believes the future is all-electric," said Mark Reuss, GM's product-development chief, at the auto maker's suburban Detroit design center. He said GM's future electric vehicles would be profitable without further explanation.GM's lineup will continue to offer hybrids and traditional vehicles reliant on gasoline and diesel fuels during what the company expects to be a prolonged transition to those predominantly running on batteries, Mr. Reuss said.GM said it would use the underpinnings of the Chevrolet Bolt electric car currently on sale for coming vehicles in the U.S., though declined to discuss further details of their makeup. The auto maker also said it has developed a next-generation battery system that will allow for greater flexibility in electric-vehicle sizes and body styles in coming years.GM said it would do more to expand the availability of charging stations to help spur consumer demand for electric vehicles, but didn't peg an investment amount or disclose specific plans. Volkswagen AG, stung by an emissions-cheating scandal, has begun investing in charging stations around the U.S. and expects to offer 50 electric vehicles by 2025. Tesla already has thousands of charging stations in its home country and elsewhere.The mark
ybhere
02 Oct 2017
Re: European Metals Holdings Further part of the RNS, very promising and positive view by the Czech Government. The Minister of Industry and Trade, Jiri Havlicek said, "Our main objective is that lithium is not only obtained but mainly processed and utilised within the Czech Republic. That is why we have begun talks with the license holders and I am very happy that we have today jointly agreed with European Metals our shared objectives for the important Cinovec Project".European Metals Managing Director Keith Coughlan said, "European Metals Holdings Ltd fully supports the Ministry of Industry and Trade's plan to process extracted lithium ore into the final intermediate products in the Czech Republic which is in line with own our development plans for Cinovec. We would like to help maximize the creation of the entire manufacturing chain and we are already taking concrete steps in this area. We are looking forward to continuing our discussions with the Czech Republic to identify possible synergies in the areas of mining, processing and utilisation of lithium, including the possible involvement of the Czech Republic as an equity participant in the Cinovec Project".Cinovec is located in the Usti nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic, within close proximity to the town of Dubí, and enjoys strong support from the local authorities.YB
ybhere
02 Oct 2017
Agreement with Government of Czech Republic.See European Metals RNS, just released for full announcement.HIGHLIGHTSThe MoU expresses mutual willingness to:· work together to maximise downstream processing options within the Czech Republic;· investigate suitable locations for processing facilities for the Cinovec Project to minimize impacts on the community and environment but maximize positive impacts on the economy and employment of persons of the area surrounding the Cinovec Project;· co-operate to ensure all regulatory requirements are met, using best practices, and work together to ensure all permitting and regulatory issues are addressed in a timely manner;· discuss and explore possibilities of future bilateral agreements between the Czech authorities and European Metals Holdings Limited concerning the framework of future cooperation in the sector of lithium, including the potential involvement of the Czech Government as an equity participant in European Metals Holdings Limited Cinovec Project.· support and facilitate investment linked with these activities; and· continue to co-operate with the Czech academic research bases with regards to ongoing research into the processing of lithium ores.YB
ybhere
29 Sep 2017
Re: Novo Resources Pilbara Morning TP,From this mornings News release, there's a bit more than lithium to be mined in the Pilbara region although the announcement is brief.From its current projects Macarthur reported some anomalous lithium grades in the Nevada brine prospects, discovered further pegmatite swarms and anomalous gold and copper results at its assets in the Pilbara region and also looked to advance its permitted Iron Ore project in the Yilgarn Region of Western Australia.During the period Cadence exercised its options in Macarthur, which increased our shareholding to 20.3%, subsequent to this Macarthur has raised further capital in which we did not participate, which has reduced our ownership to 15.7%.YB
