Newly created state monopoly will buy all output not extracted by industrial operators.

The Canada-US Joint Action Plan on critical minerals means opportunity for this country’s wider economy.

The miner said it was engaged with stakeholders and was exploring other sources of feed in order to resume operations.

Risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft foresees as many as 75 countries having to deal with soaring public rage over a variety of topics, including economic inequality.

Even before the rumoured deal, more than 80% of the world's largest cobalt miner's output was tied up for years to come, a new report shows.