Iron ore price up on supply concerns in China
Some border cities in China's Inner Mongolia region and Heilongjiang province have halted non-container imports by rail for commodities including iron ore.
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Battery pack prices fall but commodity boom may drive them back up – report
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Adoption of renewables still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA
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Huayou’s Indonesia nickel JV starts trial production
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