Germany’s Chancellor plans lithium deal with Serbia after Rio ruling
Olaf Scholz plans to visit Serbia this week to secure supplies of lithium that are critical for the nation’s energy transition and auto industry.
South Africa’s Gold Fields Ltd is likely to take an option to acquire a 60% stake in an undeveloped gold-copper deposit in the Philippines before April, its chief executive said on Thursday. The company said in September it had made a non-refundable down payment of $66 million for an option to acquire the stake.