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Faced with a massive surge in electric vehicle adoption, the UK is bracing for a wave of battery waste that could reach 94,000 tonnes of black mass annually by 2040.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
At Kamoa-Kakula, Ivanhoe has started producing copper anodes from a new smelter designed to process 500,000 tonnes a year, adding a power-hungry step to an operation already underserved by DR Congo’s electricity deficit.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
The driver of the three-tonne, five-meter-long speedboat was a local lagoon guide who had rented the boat for the day with his girlfriend.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Graphite blocks inside caught fire, and the resulting explosion blew the reactor's 1,000-tonne concrete and steel lid into the air, then destroyed much of the turbine hall.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 26 Apr. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
At Kamoa-Kakula, Ivanhoe has started producing copper anodes from a new smelter designed to process 500,000 tonnes a year, adding a power-hungry step to an operation already underserved by DR Congo’s electricity deficit.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 May 2026
The driver of the three-tonne, five-meter-long speedboat was a local lagoon guide who had rented the boat for the day with his girlfriend.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
Graphite blocks inside caught fire, and the resulting explosion blew the reactor's 1,000-tonne concrete and steel lid into the air, then destroyed much of the turbine hall.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Tonne.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonne. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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