Namibia’s battery metal ambitions rest on infrastructure, miners say
The southern African country has significant deposits of lithium as well as rare earth minerals.
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The US suspended import tariffs of 25% on EU steel and 10% on EU aluminum for two years from January 2022.
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Lynas shares jump as Malaysia allows key plant extension
The government of Malaysia said it will allow the miner to import raw materials containing natural radioactive material.
South African unions free some miners held underground
Workers stuck underground for days over a union dispute at Gold One International Ltd.’s Modder East mine in South Africa have returned to the surface.
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The miner launched a multi-billion dollar project aimed at reducing sulphur dioxide emissions by 45% in Norilsk.
Ma’aden working to extract lithium from seawater
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How microbes can help discover new kimberlite deposits
For the first time, modern DNA sequencing of microbial communities has been used in the search for buried minerals.
