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Nikola says its ground-breaking H2 fuel cell electric truck features a range of up to 500 miles and an estimated fueling time as low as 20 minutes. This truck is expected to have among the longest ranges of all commercially available zero tailpipe emission Class 8 trucks.
Progressing steadily towards its strategic goals, Nikola and its dealers have received 223 non-binding orders for its H2 fuel ...

"Silver might see its biggest deficit in over a decade as mining production cannot keep up with demand. The solar industry has seen surging demand," he added.
The silver market was undersupplied by 237.7 million ounces in 2022, according to the Silver Institute, and deficits are set to continue in the years to come. However, huge above-ground stocks and quantities of metal held by individuals and ...

• Concerns surrounding higher-for-longer interest rates, a lack of speculative appetite, weakening physical demand amid Chinese economic weakness, and slowing US growth, suggest the silver market is set to be looser than the projected 110Moz annual deficit this year. High carry costs and elevated lease rates should see more metal pushed onto the market, loosening primary markets. This will be ...

▪ Four different platinum loadings (0.05 up to 0.3 mgPt cm-2) of the cathode catalyst layer were used to study the durability of PEMFC electrode-membrane assemblies. This study was based on a multiple stressor accelerated stress test targeting the membrane and the electrodes.
▪ In terms of initial performance, low-Pt loading (≤ 0.1 mgPt cm-2) cathodes exhibit lower oxygen reduction activity than ...

• The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) reports that automotive demand for platinum this year will reach its highest level since 2017 and now forecasts a platinum deficit of over one million ounces for 2023.
• WPIC said that “strong” automotive demand growth is a key factor behind the widening deficit of platinum, in addition to industrial demand growth to record levels, and flat supply. ...

The Biden Administration could help reduce mining costs by shortening the mine permitting process. But it has yet to seize the enormous opportunity offered by enactment of the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act, which has provisions that would make permitting easier. Instead, it has put off implementing the changes and shown no interest in the need for further action by Congress to simplify ...

Unravelling of relationship between gold and real interest rates could be a paradigm shift.

Spain presented a compromise text that would keep Euro 6 test conditions and emissions limits for cars and vans, but they will be lower for heavy trucks and buses.

Indians will probably sell a record amount of used gold jewelry this year to take advantage of a surge in domestic prices of the precious metal, according to the World Gold Council.

Renault's chief executive said on Friday the European Union's proposed Euro 7 emissions rules for vehicles would distract the auto industry from its path to electrification and thanked the Italian government for opposing them.