Elon Musk’s China battery partner is now richer than Jack Ma
Zeng Yuqun, the founder of CATL, has overtaken Alibaba co-founder in the wealth rankings, a symbolic moment in the rise of China’s green billionaires.
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Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors with properties to watch
Many juniors are on the hunt for ‘technology metals,’ a broad category that includes cobalt, copper, nickel, platinum group elements, graphite, lithium, rare earth elements, and silver, among others.
Coal output in US seen rising most since 1990 on global demand
American coal production this year will swell 15% to meet stronger demand for electricity at home and abroad, according to the US Energy Department.
Ascot discovers high-grade base metals mineralization at Premier
Initial drilling this year has intercepted a shallow zone of gold-silver mineralization and a deeper zone of high-grade copper-silver mineralization.
Star Diamond battles Rio Tinto’s call to JV meeting
Canadian miner says Rio has no right to call or hold a meeting of the joint venture that does not yet exist.
A $35 billion plan for Korean battery giants to catch China
LG Energy Solution Co., SK Innovation Co. and Samsung SDI Co. will be key players.
GRAPHIC: Russia’s aluminum export tax fuels price surge on spot market
Moscow is proposing a 15% export tax on aluminum exports or a minimum of $254 a tonne between August and December.
Rio Tinto, POSCO join forces to cut steel sector emissions
Partnership will explore a range of technologies for decarbonization across the value chain from iron ore mining to steelmaking.
Why gold loves arsenic
Researchers found that when minerals such as pyrite are enriched with arsenic, gold can enter mineral structural sites by directly binding to arsenic.