The executive order, which uses cold war era legislation, instructs government agencies, including the defence department, to prioritise mining projects as well as providing technical and ...

In November 2022, the Kenyan logistics startup raised a $3 million pre-seed from several local investors, money it used to deepen operations in its five core markets: Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda ...

A sodium-ion battery is pretty similar to a lithium-ion battery in terms of how it works and how it's constructed – but it uses cheaper and more abundantly available sodium for the cathode ...

To power it, Elecom has used 3x Sodium batteries, each with 3,000 mAh capacity. The brand claims the 30W fast charging can charge the powerbank in 2 hours. It weighs 350 grams, which is quite the heft ...

Sodium is more abundantly available and much easier to produce. Sodium-ion batteries are also safer to use. Elecom says the Na Plus can operate in temperatures ranging from around -30 to 122 ...

It remains unclear whether there has been any leak of the chemical. "Sodium Cyanide is used widely in metal processing and, whilst quite corrosive and toxic, it only becomes a serious problem when ...