While the company is focused on lithium carbonate, an updated feasibility study in October 2012 showed the ability to produce an additional 2, 000 tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide and up to 30, 000 tons of sodium sulphate annually.

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It comes after a Leeds University study has added to a growing body of evidence about the ability of bacteria to float on air currents.

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They do not have special lessons as such but meet once a month after school - rising to once a week in their third year - to learn study skills and take on extra work they would not be able to do in a whole-ability class, a recent example being chromatography in chemistry.

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In short, the arguments put forward in the TASC study contending that the B-2 line can be closed without significant adverse impact on the Nation's future ability to produce bombers do not stand up to rigorous scrutiny in a world in which the United States must maintain a large and flexible bomber force and do so within severe budgetary constraints.

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