Chile’s Codelco sets up lithium subsidiary
The unit is expected to help speed up the approval of legislation that allows the exploration and exploitation of the country’s vast lithium deposits.
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Supply crunch or oil glut: investment banks can’t agree
The biggest banks remain bullish on oil prices, but analyst projections about global supply and demand are increasingly diverging.
British scientists find sub-sea minerals treasure trove
They have found valuable minerals atop an underwater mountain, which is basically a huge flat-topped mound of some of the scarcest materials on Earth.
Copper production jumped by a million tonnes last year
But market was in small deficit according to study.
Cobaltmania
One does not usually expect a sober conference of traders and other players in the battery metals space to go all apocalyptic.
Coking coal price jumps to six-year high
Up another 5% on Thursday – stones throw away from all-time high.
Australia greenlights Rio Tinto’s $2.45bn sale of coal mines to Yancoal
With the Foreign Investment Review Board’s approval, Rio Tinto is a step closer to fully exit thermal coal.
CAT goes ‘remote’ at CONEXPO 2017
ON VIDEO: Caterpillar presents new command remote control system at CONEXPO-CON/AGG