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The new regulation will establish more stringent CO2 emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles, with targets set for 2030, 2035, and 2040. This framework is designed to ensure that this niche of the transport sector plays its part in reducing overall CO2 emissions.

The agreement establishes precise goals for decreasing emissions from HDVs, with a 45% reduction target for the years 2030–2034 ...

Wood Mackenzie says the solar industry has reached a new stage in its evolution and is predicting around 350 GW of global solar installations annually for the next eight years. The research firm is also forecasting challenges for the solar manufacturing sector and long-awaited benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States.

BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) and Heraeus Precious Metals have commenced operations of a new joint venture facility, BASF HERAEUS Metal Resource Co., Ltd, (BHMR) located in Pinghu, China. The facility recovers precious metals from spent automotive catalysts, enabling a circular economy, while supporting China’s security of supply and sustainability goals.

A joint research team has successfully developed a bifunctional water electrolysis catalyst for the high-efficiency and stable production of high-purity green H2.
The newly developed catalyst exhibits exceptional durability even in highly corrosive acidic environments. By utilizing ruthenium, silicon, and tungsten (RuSiW), the catalyst is more cost-effective compared to conventional platinum (Pt) ...

The rate at which platinum is displacing palladium in the manufacture of autocatalysts is slowing due to the sister metals approaching price parity, a trend which is likely to persist through this year, analysts said. Growing use of platinum in autocatalysts that reduce harmful emissions from internal combustion engines and rising sales of battery-powered electric vehicles was behind the 39% ...

Honda believes hydrogen fuel cell technology has a role to play in the future of the passenger car, once the ‘battery EV era’ is fully under way.

Amogy's technology combines ammonia cracking and hydrogen fuel-cell power generation into a single system, enabling streamlined and efficient use of this low-carbon fuel. In addition, Amogy's ammonia cracking technology is expected to have high potential to be utilized as hydrogen carrier in large-scale transportation.

Major electronics manufacturers this week joined with the Consumer Technology Association to form the Consumer Technology Circularity Initiative, aiming to boost e-scrap processing, improve repair and reuse, and incorporate more recycled content into products.

Accentuating this in a Zoom interview with Mining Weekly, Heraeus Precious Metals new business development executive VP Dr Philipp Walter highlighted the strong global current momentum of the hydrogen economy – “politically, socially and technologically”.

“Clean hydrogen should be for everyone, powering everything, and available everywhere,” Jay Chang, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company, said in a statement.

Global industrial demand for silver in 2023 is expected to set a record leading to another big market deficit, according to preliminary projections by the Silver Institute. And silver isn't currently priced for this dynamic.

Gold prices fell to a three-week low on Monday, pressured by dollar strength and elevated Treasury yields as expectations for an imminent Federal Reserve rate cut faded, with investors looking ahead to this week’s U.S. inflation data for more clarity.

The Key Insights: These factors will create profound and certain—yet mostly unrecognized—demand pressure on physical silver markets in the coming years.
1. Photovoltaic panel demand growth is driven by economics now in a self-reinforcing process.
2. Photovoltaic panel production capacity is immense and growing.
3. Each Gigawatt (GW) of solar panel capacity requires about 700,000 troy ounces of ...

Heraeus Precious Metals’ Hydrogen Systems business provides a range of precious metal-based products for electrolyzers and fuel cells, in particular electrocatalyst solutions for next-generation applications, according to the company. In addition to precious metals, it will supply an array of technologies and the respective production capacities for the recovery of precious metals from production ...

The methanol-powered dual-fuel container ship, Laura Maersk, in Copenhagen on 14 September 2023.Photo: Maersk

2024 BEGINS with record-high gold prices meeting the weakest level of private investing since the precious metal's deep bear market of a decade ago, writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault, while silver sentiment just fell to the lowest on record.

2024 BEGINS with record-high gold prices meeting the weakest level of private investing since the precious metal's deep bear market of a decade ago, writes Adrian Ash at BullionVault, while silver sentiment just fell to the lowest on record.

Cummins Inc. has agreed to pay an over $1.67 billion penalty to settle claims by regulators that the engine manufacturer unlawfully altered hundreds of thousands of pickup truck engines to bypass emissions tests.
According to the U.S. Justice Department, which announced the agreement in principle Thursday, Cummins' alleged actions violated the Clear Air Act — a federal law that requires car and ...

Catalytic converter thefts are down across the St. Louis region

London’s gold price benchmark climbed to an all-time high of $2,069.40 per troy ounce, surpassing the previous record set in August 2020, the London Bullion Market Association said.

The probability of interest rate cuts has many market participants pondering whether 2024 will bring a bull market for precious metals.