Germany Chancellor plans lithium deal with Serbia after Rio ruling
Olaf Scholz plans to visit Serbia this week to secure supplies of lithium that are critical for the nation’s energy transition and auto industry.
In a September 2011 article, the Casper Star-Tribune gave details of the world’s largest truck body by volume, which was manufactured by Casper-based Western Technology Services (Westech) and is known as the Flow Control Body. It has a massive volume of 470.4 m3 at a coal density of 0.86 t/m3. It was installed on a Liebherr T282C truck, while normally has a nominal 363 t capacity, at Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming. At the given coal density, the body can hold a total weight of 404.544 t or 447 short tons. This is enough coal to fill more than 4.5 standard coal rail cars. (more…)