Russell: China seeks to cool red-hot steel sector, and aims at Australia
Beijing and Canberra have been at loggerheads for more than a year over a variety of political issues, but the fallout has been concentrated in trade.
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CME starts trading lithium futures to tap EV demand
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Top Peru presidential candidate vows to curb foreign firms ‘looting’ mining wealth
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What a smooth transition away from coal in the US could look like
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Lithium producers grow bullish as EV revolution turbocharges demand
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Record metals prices catapult mining profits beyond big oil
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