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20.07.26 - 05:06
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India′s Nuclear Push Further Strains The Massive Uranium Supply Gap (ZeroHedge)
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India's Nuclear Push Further Strains The Massive Uranium Supply Gap
Prime Minister Modi secured another major uranium supply line. During his visit to Australia this month, the two sides finalized the administrative arrangements needed to move Australian uranium to India under the previous 2014 nuclear cooperation agreement. The fuel must stay under IAEA safeguards for exclusively peaceful use.
Australia holds roughly 28% of global uranium reserves. New Delhi has eyed those reserves for years, and now the yellowcake spigot can open.
This follows the March deal with Canada's Cameco. That contract covers nearly 22 million pounds of U3O8 from 2027 through 2035 at market-related pricing, worth around C$2.6 billion.
India already buys from Russia and Uzbekistan, and holds some domestic production. The message is consistent: a country targeting 100 GW of nuclear capacity by 2047 cannot rely on thin indigenous resources alone.
Current operable capacity sits near 8 GW. The gap requires sustain...
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17.07.26 - 18:12
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China führt Verbrauchssteuer auf Lithium-Ionen-Batterien ein (Electrive)
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China beendet die seit 2015 geltende Steuerbefreiung für Lithium-Ionen-Batterien. Ab September werden die Akkus mit einer Verbrauchssteuer belegt, während Natrium-Ionen- und Festkörperbatterien zunächst steuerfrei bleiben. Damit setzt die chinesische Regierung gezielt Anreize für die Entwicklung neuer Batterietechnologien....
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17.07.26 - 09:12
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China ′strongly dissatisfied′ with nationalisation of British Steel (The Guardian)
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Move dealt 'severe blow to Chinese companies' confidence in investing in the UK', says Ministry of CommerceChina's government has said it is “strongly dissatisfied” with the decision to nationalise British Steel this week, 15 months after the UK government stepped in to prevent the closure of its steelworks in Scunthorpe and the loss of 4,000 jobs.On Thursday, British Steel was brought under public ownership to protect “the future of steel production”, the government announced. Continue reading......
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16.07.26 - 17:00
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British Steel is taken into public ownership to save UK supply (The Guardian)
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Scunthorpe factory expropriated from China's Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensationBritish Steel has formally been taken into public ownership 15 months after the government stepped in to prevent the closure of its steelworks in Scunthorpe and the loss of 4,000 jobs.Keir Starmer on Thursday said it was in the national interest for the government to take over the factory from its Chinese owner, Jingye, in one of the last significant actions overseen by him as prime minister after the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act received royal assent on Wednesday. Continue reading......
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