Russia’s Severstal will need to pay $340m in extra taxes in 2022
The additional payment is due to changes in the calculation of a mineral extraction tax and the excise tax on steel.
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Russia’s largest new copper deposit to be developed under UN Global Compact guidelines
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Codelco requests second arbitration against Ecuador over copper project
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Lithium production growth to accelerate, but supply risks abound — report
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