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11 Jan 2021 LEEUWARDEN
New Technology For Extracting Lithium
Water is becoming increasingly prominent as a source of all kinds of precious substances such as lithium, phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium. Lithium is especially important. This substance is used in the production of batteries. An international group of scientists from, among others, the Wetsus research institute in Leeuwarden and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have been researching a technique that makes it possible to fish out various substances from the water separately from each other.
3 Jan 2021 BASRA
Safe Water Funding For Basra Governorate
The Netherlands has committed USD $6.41 million to support UNICEF and The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to ensure that almost a million residents of Basra governorate have access to safe water. This support for up to 960,000 people comes at a time when less than 11% of Basra's population has access to clean drinking water on site and the majority of households (8 out of 10) only receive 10 hours of water per day in their homes...