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They admit an appeal in favor of Llaitul and her son: they give Boric 24 hours to present background information | National

by archyde September 4, 2022

A period of 24 hours was granted to the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, to submit information regarding a protection appeal filed by citizen Juan José Soto Vargas in favor of the leader of the Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM), Héctor Llaitul, and his son Ernesto, who are in preventive detention after being accused of various crimes by the Prosecutor’s Office.

A writ of amparo was filed in the Court of Appeals of Concepción in favor of the leader of the Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM), Héctor Llaitul, and his son, Ernesto Llaitul, who points to the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric.

Both Llaitul and her son are under investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office and are complying with the precautionary measure of preventive prison.

The legal action was filed by a citizen who identifies himself as Juan Jose Soto Vargaswho points out in the document that both community members they are being persecuted through records and evidence invented by the head of state.

In addition, he denounces that the situation experienced by father and son equals torturewhich the appellant claims to know as an exile, after having been expelled from the country through -what he called- a montage.

Although Soto Vargas does not make any request in the legal action, that is, he did not explain what he is pursuing through this amparo appeal, the ministers of the penquista court Rafael Andrade, Nancy Bluck and the member lawyer Marcelo Matus, in an unpublished resolution, the appeal was admitted.

Due to the above, President Boric was given a period of 24 hours to “send all background information and documents that are in your possession in relation to the facts or denounced”.

Likewise, the instruction also applies to the courts of Guarantee of Temuco and Los Angeles, which ordered the deprivation of liberty of Héctor and Ernesto Llaitul, respectively.

Preventive prison of Héctor and Ernesto Llaitul

Last Thursday, August 25, the Guarantee Court of Temuco, La Araucanía region, decreed the precautionary measure of preventive detention against the leader of the Arauco-Malleco Coordinator, Héctor Llaitul.

The foregoing, after being formalized by five facts, among which are the call for an armed uprising and a robbery of wood.

For its part, the Los Angeles Guarantee Court decreed this Thursday the precautionary measure of preventive detention against Ernesto Llaitul, son of the CAM leader.

In his case, he is accused – along with two other people – of two fires and two frustrated homicides registered in September 2021 at the Punta Arenas estate in the provincial capital of Bío Bío.

At the time, the events were claimed by the Toño Marchant ORT of the Arauco Malleco Coordinator.

September 4, 2022 0 comment

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[프리미엄 리포트] The first sprouts grown on the lunar soil, what will happen after 6 days: Dong-A Science

by archyde August 26, 2022

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing a ‘Artemis’ plan to land humans on the moon around 2025. Manned lunar exploration resumed after about 50 years. Research to obtain information about the lunar environment is in full swing. In early August, South Korea plans to launch an orbiter ‘Danuri’ for lunar exploration and observe the lunar environment.

Research using lunar soil samples obtained from expeditions 50 years ago is also underway. In May, a research team at the University of Florida in the United States succeeded in cultivating plants on soil taken from the lunar surface for the first time ever.

Experiments conducted after 50 years

In July 1969, humans first set foot on the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft. The astronauts stayed here for 8 days and performed their missions, and collected lunar stones (moon stone) and lunar surface material (topsoil) and brought them back to Earth. During a total of six Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972, astronauts collected as much as 382 kg of moonstone and topsoil. So far, this sample has been used in various studies.

A research team led by Robert Pearl, a professor of horticultural science at the University of Florida, USA, also continuously requested lunar topsoil from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct experiments on growing plants in lunar soil. It was to test whether plants could grow on the lunar soil and ultimately gather information that would help humans stay on the moon. After several rejections, permission was granted to use the top soil. It took 11 years for them to get permission to use the topsoil.

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmidt collects lunar soil and lunar rocks after landing in the Taurus-Litrow Valley on the moon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) brought 382 kg of moonstone and topsoil from six Apollo missions. Courtesy of NASA

Sprouts that bloomed in two days from 12g of moon soil

Even the amount of topsoil allowed for the experiment by the research team is only 12g. It is equivalent to 0.003% of the lunar rocks and topsoil brought to Earth by astronauts on the lunar mission. The research team conducted an experiment using 12 g of this lunar soil, and finally succeeded in cultivating plants.

The plant that the research team used in the experiment was Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis thaliana is the first plant whose entire nucleotide sequence has been deciphered. In addition, it is suitable for research because of its small size and fast growth. Scientists have confirmed the growth response by testing Arabidopsis thaliana in various environments.

To grow Arabidopsis, the research team used topsoil brought by Apollo 11 (1969), Apollo 12 (1969), and Apollo 17 (1972). This is because the composition of the soil may be different depending on the region even in the same month. For example, the location where Apollo 11 landed is an area with a lot of exposure to cosmic radiation. The total lunar topsoil used to grow each plant was less than 1g. On the other hand, as a control group, simulated soil made of earth’s volcanic ash like the topsoil of the moon was prepared.

Robert Pearl, a professor of horticultural science at the University of Florida, is weighing the lunar topsoil. The weight of the lunar topsoil used in each experimental sample is about 1 g.

In this process, the research team confirmed the fact that the topsoil of the moon has repulsion (hydrophobicity) to water. It was discovered that water was condensed like beads on the surface of the top soil. The topsoil had to be stirred with water to fully moisten the soil. Then, nutrients essential for plant growth were injected into the soil. Arabidopsis seeds were planted in the prepared soil.

Two days later, it sprouted. Plants grew from the topsoil and ash of all moons between 48 and 60 hours. Even for about six days, the growth rate and health status of all plants, regardless of soil, were similar. However, after that, differences began to appear in the growth state of the plants.

Arabidopsis germination status over time. Arabidopsis seeds were planted on a plate with a diameter of 12.5 mm in Apollo 11, 12, 17, and mosato using earth volcanic ash. After two days, all the soil sprouted. However, after 6 days, the seedlings grown in the top soil showed a difference in growth from those grown in the moss soil. The seedlings grown in the top soil of the moon did not grow large leaves and did not have strong roots. Science Donga DB

Rapid stunting after 6 days

Plants grown in the top soil of the moon showed rapid growth stagnation 6 days after planting the seeds. They were not as robust as plants grown on the control Earth ash, and they were also slow to grow. The size of the leaves was remarkably small. In some cases, the leaves were tangled and the roots were broken. Red spots also appeared on the leaves. This is a typical response of plants to stress.

Twenty days after planting the seeds, the research team harvested the leaves and stems just before the plants began to flower. Based on this, RNA analysis was performed. As a result, it was confirmed that Arabidopsis thaliana grown in top soil reacted similarly to when grown in a stressful environment or in a soil environment containing a large amount of salt or heavy metals. “This can be inferred that plants perceive the lunar soil environment as stress,” said Pearl.

16 days after planting the seeds, there was a clear difference in appearance between the plants grown on the moon top soil (right) and the plants grown on the mosato soil (left). UF/IFAS photo by Tyler Jones

All plants grown in the topsoil of the moon expressed a lot of genes that indicate a stress response. There were also differences between the topsoil. The expression of this gene was high in plants grown in the top soil of Apollo 11. Also, plants grown in the Apollo 11 topsoil were weaker than those grown in the other two topsoils.

Nevertheless, Professor Pearl said, “This study shows that plants can grow in the topsoil of the moon.” “We will find ways to improve the stress response so that they can thrive on lunar soils without affecting plant growth,” he said.

NASA Director Bill Nelson said, “The resources found on the Moon and Mars must be used to develop food resources for future astronauts living and working in space. “That’s why this research is so important to NASA’s long-term manned missions.”

Researcher Anna-Lisa Paul, who participated in the study, is harvesting Arabidopsis thaliana grown from plates to perform genetic analysis of the plant. UF/IFAS photo by Tyler Jones

August 26, 2022 0 comment

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Arcadia Announces 560% Increase in Bitterwasser Lithium Project Resources

by archyde August 24, 2022

(Ecofin Agency) – The importance of lithium in the manufacture of electric cars has in recent years led to a rush to Africa, one of the last regions where this resource is under-exploited. DRC, Mali and above all Zimbabwe are in pole position, but other countries are attracting investors.

The Australian mining junior Arcadia Minerals published on Wednesday August 24 a new estimate of mineral resources in accordance with the JORC code. This update indicates that its Bitterwasser lithium project in Namibia hosts 85.2 million tonnes of inferred resources grading 663 parts per million, or 286,909 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalents (LCE).

This is, we learn, an increase of around 560% in the resource and 430% in the metal content compared to the November 2021 estimate. It is the result of data collected thanks to 77 drill holes and 486 samples. “This resource is found in the first twelve meters of the surface […] and covers only one of the fourteen known clay basins in the region“says Philip le Roux, CEO of Arcadia.

It should be noted that these results encourage the company to continue with its pilot project for the production of lithium carbonate in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. This is to confirm that the Bitterwasser resource can be used as a material in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles.

As a reminder, Mining represents about 10% of the GDP and more than 50% of Namibian exports. Long dominated by diamonds and uranium, the mining sector is entering a phase of diversification that the energy transition and its need for copper and lithium (two under-exploited resources for one and untapped for the other) can facilitate .

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August 24, 2022 0 comment

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Qinghai: A total of 2,836 cases of public interest litigation have achieved remarkable results in the ecological field_Protection_Region_Proliferation

by archyde August 10, 2022

Central Broadcasting Network Xining August 10 news (Reporter Wang Xiaoqing) On August 10, the reporter learned from the Qinghai Provincial Government Information Office’s special press conference on procuratorial work in Qinghai for the past ten years that in recent years, the Qinghai Provincial People’s Procuratorate has insisted on giving priority to ecological protection. , giving full play to the procuratorial function of “public interest litigation”, and achieved remarkable results in assisting the ecological environment protection of the Sanjiangyuan area.

It is understood that in December 2021, the People’s Procuratorate of Sanjiangyuan District of Qinghai Province was established. This is the first procuratorate in Qinghai Province specializing in handling public interest litigation cases in the field of cross-regional ecological environment and resource protection. At the same time, the Qinghai provincial procuratorate innovated the ecological environment inspection model, and explored and carried out ecological environment public interest litigation circuit inspections in the Sanjiangyuan area, the area around Qinghai Lake, and the Qinghai area at the southern foot of the Qilian Mountains.

In addition, the Qinghai Provincial People’s Procuratorate has successively established cooperation mechanisms in the fields of ecological environment such as ecological public welfare judicial protection and wildlife protection with 17 administrative departments such as agriculture and rural areas, natural resources, and ecological environment. It has also deployed and carried out a number of special activities in the province, such as “Joining Hands to Protect the Sources of the Three Rivers”, actively promoting the high-level protection of the ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the high-quality economic and social development.

Since the public interest litigation work was fully launched in 2018, the Qinghai provincial procuratorate has filed a total of 2,836 cases in the fields of ecological environment and resource protection, issued 1,118 procuratorial recommendations, and initiated 135 lawsuits. The province’s procuratorial organs urge the restoration of 1,182 mu of damaged forest land, the reclamation of 8,349 mu of arable land that has been illegally changed and occupied, 226 kilometers of polluted and illegally occupied river channels, and the removal and disposal of illegally stacked various domestic wastes and solids. 44,200 tons of waste. In conjunction with the Qinghai Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Haibei Prefecture Government and the Qinghai Lake Scenic Area Protection and Utilization Administration, we will carry out a proliferation and release activity on the theme of “Public Procuratorial Protection of Qinghai Lake Naked Carp”, and jointly establish a Qinghai Lake public welfare inspection, proliferation and release base for naked carp. Provincial, prefecture and county-level procuratorates cooperated and linked to build the first life protection channel for Przewalski’s gazelle in China.Return to Sohu, see more

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August 10, 2022 0 comment

Entertainment

Star Guangzhou joins the live broadcast and brings high-quality resources to the live broadcast track_Chen Meixing_Industry_Future

by archyde August 8, 2022

Original title: Star Guangzhou joined the live broadcast and brought high-quality resources to the live broadcast track to accelerate the influx

Star Chen Meixing (pictured) Guangzhou joined the live broadcast with goods by Tang Guijiang

China News Service, Guangzhou, August 8th (Reporter Tang Guijiang) On the afternoon of August 8th, actor Chen Meixing’s live broadcast delivery signing ceremony was launched in Guangzhou to build a future live broadcast base. Chen Meixing said that he is optimistic about the development of this track in the live broadcast industry. We will strive to bring more carefully selected good products and a better life experience to fans.

After the signing ceremony, Chen Meixing said in an interview with Chinanews.com that he had been in touch with the live broadcast industry two years ago, and he had also operated physical stores offline, such as postpartum recovery centers, beauty centers, etc., and deeply felt that it is very difficult for women today. , not only to take care of career and family, but also to maintain their own beauty, I hope to make good use of my professional knowledge, I want to help more female friends.

Chen Meixing, who has obtained the qualification certificate of rehabilitation physiotherapist, said that online shopping is mixed, and it may not be easy for ordinary netizens to identify; and after inspection, there are many strong teams and dedicated people in the future live broadcast, and there are many partners. With strength, she hopes that this cooperation will give her a fresh start.

Chen Meixing is a mainland actor. In 2008, Chen Meixing participated in the first movie “Poppy Flowers No Longer Bloom”, and has participated in the TV series “The New Biography of Chu Liuxiang”, “The Bride in Tears”, “Sou Shen Ji”, “One and Eight”. “Dear Marriage” and many other TV series; Chen Meixing has also made a lot of achievements in the film industry, and starred in the movie “Come Back and Love Again”, which is also widely praised by fans; Chen Meixing has made more than 50 works before and after, and was shortlisted for the best actress at the Miami Film Festival in the United States Nominated, “Rolling Sisters” won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Best Screening Award.

Guangzhou is known as the “Millennium Commercial Capital”. In recent years, with the accelerated penetration of online live broadcasts into all walks of life, “live broadcast + entertainment” methods such as live show live broadcasts and game live broadcasts have attracted a large number of users and made a lot of profits. Guangzhou has also taken advantage of the trend. Instead, it is proposed to build Guangzhou into a well-known “live-streaming e-commerce capital” in the country. At present, the e-commerce live broadcast industry in Guangzhou is developing rapidly. The “Guangdong Province Live E-commerce White Paper” released by the Guangzhou E-Commerce Industry Association shows that in May 2022 alone, Guangzhou’s total live broadcast sales reached 9.355 billion yuan, accounting for 62% of the total live broadcast e-commerce transactions in Guangdong Province. (Finish)Return to Sohu, see more

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August 8, 2022 0 comment

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Shenghe Resources: The semi-annual report performance forecast is bright, and the demand for products is expected to explode in the future_Rare Earth_Raw Materials_Global

by archyde July 13, 2022

Original title: Shenghe Resources: Semi-annual report results forecast dazzling product demand outbreak can be expected in the future

Benefiting from the continuous release of rare earth permanent magnet demand brought by new energy vehicles, industrial motors, wind power, etc. this year, Shenghe Resources (600392), the “leader” of rare earth permanent magnets, recently handed over a very dazzling semi-annual report performance forecast.

Shenghe Resources recently announced that it is expected that the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies in the first half of 2022 will be 1.280 billion yuan to 1.420 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 135.76%-161.55%. After deducting non-recurring profit and loss matters, the company’s performance is expected to increase by 732 million yuan to 872 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 137.90% to 164.27%.

Shenghe Resources said that during the reporting period, the market demand for the company’s main rare earth products was generally positive, and product prices rose significantly. Among them, the average price of praseodymium and neodymium products, which account for the largest proportion of revenue, increased by about 80% compared with the same period last year. With the advantage of rare earth resources, the company has seized market opportunities, tapped production capacity potential, and ensured market supply. Compared with the same period last year, the company’s revenue has increased significantly.

Rare earths enter demand-driven “strong cycle”

As a non-renewable and scarce strategic resource, rare earth is known as “industrial monosodium glutamate” and “mother of new materials” because of its wide application in modern industrial manufacturing such as petroleum, chemical industry, metallurgy, textile, etc., thus attracting the attention of countries around the world. , all countries regard it as an important strategic resource for global deployment. my country is currently the largest rare earth country in the world in terms of reserves, the country with the most advanced rare earth extraction technology, and the largest rare earth exporter.

Since the second quarter of 2020, global rare earth prices have continued to rise, which has lasted for about two years, and once hit a new high in the past ten years. This round of rare earth price increases is slightly different. The previous rare earth price increases were basically policy-driven “pulse” increases, but this round of price increases that lasted nearly two years were mainly driven by demand.

Industry insiders have analyzed that in recent years, the world has faced the issue of “carbon reduction”, which has driven the strong demand for rare earths in the fields of new energy vehicles, wind power, industrial motors, and consumer electronics. The price of upstream raw materials rare earth has continued to rise for nearly two years.

CITIC Securities predicts that under the vigorous promotion of global environmental protection policies, new energy vehicles, industrial motors and other fields will continue to develop rapidly. It is estimated that in 2030, domestic and overseas new energy vehicles will drive 60,000 tons and 78,000 tons of high-performance NdFeB respectively. It is expected to maintain a long-term high-speed development trend.

In addition, according to the “14th Five-Year Plan” for the development of the raw material industry, the rare earth prospecting and mining rights are appropriately allocated, and the scale of mining, smelting and separation is scientifically controlled, and the growth rate of output is closely related to the growth of downstream market demand. It is expected that the rare earth production and smelting separation indicators may be released on demand at an average annual growth rate of 20-30%. The overseas supply disturbance is limited, and the supply and demand fundamentals of the rare earth industry are expected to continue to improve.

The demand for permanent magnet materials continues to explode

Permanent magnet materials have broad application prospects. According to the “2021 China Rare Earth Industry Panorama” released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, in the global downstream applications of rare earth, permanent magnet materials account for the highest proportion, reaching 25%. According to the research report issued by the non-ferrous metal team of Huajin Securities, in the application of rare earth permanent magnets, motors account for more than 60%.

In fact, the big price increase of permanent magnet materials in this round is mainly due to the express train of new energy. Due to the continuation of the boom in emerging industries such as wind power and new energy vehicles, the demand for rare earth permanent magnet materials has grown rapidly. Under the superposition of the three cycles of electric vehicles, industrial motors, and wind power, the demand for permanent magnet materials has exploded.

It is predicted that by 2025, the output of rare earth permanent magnet materials in my country and the world will reach 284,000 tons and 310,000 tons respectively. In the future, the global supply of high-performance NdFeB will be mainly concentrated in China.

At present, people in the industry generally believe that with the rapid growth of downstream demand for new energy vehicles, industrial motors, and wind power generation, the demand for rare earth permanent magnet materials, especially high-performance rare earth permanent magnet materials, will increase significantly. The strong cycle of materials will not end easily, and prices are expected to remain high for some time.

In the future, the rare earth industry will enter a stage of high-quality development under the “double carbon” goal. The strong demand for permanent magnet materials has also led many companies to join the investment and expansion of the rare earth permanent magnet industry chain. Enterprises are setting off a new round of investment boom. Among them, enterprises that master core technologies and can provide high-quality products are expected to gain a larger market share.

Permanent magnet “faucet” opens up growth space

Among these rare earth enterprises that have increased production capacity, there is Shenghe Resources, the “leader” of rare earth permanent magnets. Shenghe Resources recently announced that it plans to sign the “Mianyang Rare Earth Permanent Magnet New Material Project Investment Agreement” with Juxing Group, etc., and invest in the establishment of Juxing New Materials Co., Ltd. to invest in high-performance NdFeB permanent magnet material projects. The registered capital of the target company is 816 million yuan, and the company plans to invest 81.6 million yuan in cash to subscribe for 10% of the equity of the target company.

It is understood that Shenghe Resources is a world-class enterprise in the R&D, production and supply of rare earth and related products, and is a mixed-ownership enterprise advocated by the state and unique in the rare earth industry. The company is mainly engaged in rare earth ore mining, smelting and separation, metal processing and zirconium-titanium beneficiation. The main products include rare earth concentrates, rare earth oxides, rare earth salts, rare earth metals, monazite, zircon sand, titanium concentrates, rutile, etc. .

Shenghe Resources is the only listed rare earth company in China with a strategic layout at home and abroad. It has a relatively complete systematic industrial chain covering several major links such as mining, metal smelting and separation processing, and rare earth waste recycling. At present, the company’s rare earth business has formed a relatively complete industrial chain from mining, smelting and separation to deep processing, realizing a dual layout at home and abroad.

In recent years, Shenghe Resources’ rare earth business has been at the forefront of the industry in domestic business scale, and it is one of the rare rare earth enterprises in China that integrates north and south (light and heavy) rare earth business. The company currently has a rare earth smelting and separation capacity of about 15,000 tons. Among them, Leshan Shenghe in Sichuan base has about 8,000 tons, using light rare earth ore as the main raw material; Jiangxi base, Chenguang rare earth, has about 7,000 tons, using southern ionic rare earth ore, monazite chloride flakes, NdFeB and phosphor waste as main raw materials .

In addition, Shenghe Resources is currently promoting the construction of a new rare earth smelting and separation production base in Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province. The Lianyungang rare earth separation project will increase the production capacity by at least 5,000 tons. In addition to the smelting and separation projects under its own control, the company also has shares in two companies, Guangxi Yu Xiaoxijun, which has a 5,000-ton/year rare earth smelting and separation capacity, and Hengyang Gudao New Materials, a 5,000-ton rare earth chloride project. It constitutes an important supplement to the company’s industrial chain.

In foreign countries, Shenghe Resources has basically formed the industrial layout of rare earth ore, smelting separation and metal processing through holding acquisitions, equity participation, cooperation and other methods, and has established a good reputation in the industry. At present, Shenghe Resources owns 10% of the preferred shares of the Mountain Pass mine in the United States. The mine’s annual rare earth output has exceeded 30,000 tons of REO (rare earth oxides), making it the largest rare earth mine outside China.

In addition, on a global scale, Shenghe Resources also successfully renewed the underwriting agreement with MP Company of the United States in early 2022, and expanded the scope of cooperation to other products except rare earth concentrates. In addition, the company also participated in the Australian Greenland Company and Peak Rare Earth Company, and became the largest shareholder of the latter.

The research report of Minsheng Securities believes that Shenghe Resources mainly obtains mining rights indirectly through trusteeship and equity participation. The company conducts a global layout of rare earth resources and masters the sources of rare earth ore from multiple channels. Since overseas imported rare earth ores do not occupy indicators, the company The advantages of overseas resources are obvious and increasing year by year. With the increasingly diversified global supply of rare earths, the company is expected to usher in a broad space for growth in the future.Return to Sohu, see more

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