Mining-focused buyout firm Appian raises $2 billion for new fund
“This is the first fundraising we have done where mining is seen as part of the solution than being the problem itself,” says founder.
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Stone Age Ethiopians knew how to source their iron-rich rocks
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Mexican president exhorts American company to settle after mine closure
Andrés Manuel López Obrador repeated his accusations against Vulcan Materials for allegedly causing an environmental disaster in Quintana Roo.
UK risks losing out to Europe in hydrogen energy race
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LME seeks to move on from nickel crisis as traders return
It’s been 19 months since Matthew Chamberlain responded to a runaway short squeeze by suspending the world’s benchmark nickel market and cancelling $12 billion of trades.