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<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2503/767074-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Morocco banks on green hydrogen to reach energy goals" align="left"><p>A Moroccan government committee on Thursday approved green hydrogen projects aiming to produce ammonia, steel and industrial fuel worth a total of $32.5bn. The Moroccan committee picked the United States' Ortus, Spain's Acciona and Germany's Nordex to produce green ammonia, the prime minister's office said in a statement without giving further details on the deadlines or sources of funding.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/morocco-banks-on-green-hydrogen-to-reach-energy-goals-365148a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=255923">Email</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2502/766077-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye" align="left"><br><span >Power officials stand on ladders to fix electric cables along a road in Egbeda district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. Source: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye&lt;/span><p>An initiative by the United States to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by US President Donald Trump's administration after more than a decade of work, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Almost all of Power Africa's programmes have been listed for termination and the majority of its staff fired, the report added, citing unnamed sources.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/bloomberg-trump-usaid-cuts-hit-electricity-programme-in-africa-032475a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=255657">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2502/765893-240x135.jpg?5" width="240" height="135" alt="Ore containing copper and cobalt. Source: Paul-Alain Hunt/Unsplash" align="left"><br><span >Ore containing copper and cobalt. Source: Paul-Alain Hunt/Unsplash&lt;/span><p>The DRC, the world’s largest producer of cobalt, has announced a four-month suspension of all cobalt exports as part of sweeping regulatory reform in the sector. The decision was taken by the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle des Marchés des Substances Minérales Stratégiques (Arecoms) and applies to all cobalt mining operations, including industrial, semi-industrial, small-scale, and artisanal mining. There will be an evaluation after three months, with a possibility of modification or termination based on the review's findings.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/regulatory-overhaul-puts-halt-on-drc-cobalt-exports-921334a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/Request/SendToEmailRedirect.aspx?ct=1&ci=255604">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2502/763845-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="#MiningIndaba: The value of synergy between Africa's mining and automotive sectors" align="left"><p>Martiena Biene, the managing director o...