Zambia “very close” to picking investor for Mopani copper mine
Zambia took on $1.5 billion in debt to buy Mopani from Glencore in January 2021.
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Sumitomo abandons Pomalaa nickel project in Indonesia
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Kinross sells Chirano gold mine in Ghana to Asante in $225m deal
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Head of Mexico City government compares lithium nationalization to that of oil 84 years ago
Claudia Sheinbaum compared the initiative of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to that General Lázaro Cárdenas pushed in 1938.
Lithium Energy, Hanaq Group join forces to explore lithium deposits in Argentina
Lithium Energy and Hanaq Group want to find new lithium deposits in the Olaroz-Cauchari endorheic basin, located in Argentina’s northwestern Jujuy province.
