Portugal’s mining strategy may favour copper over lithium
Portugal already has the largest copper mine in the European Union, operated by Lundin Mining.
The dynasty involved in South Africa’s diamond industry for a century, is finally getting out of the business. The Oppenheimers, Africa’s second-richest family sold their 40 percent stake in De Beers to Anglo American, Reuters reports.
There is nothing intrinsically valuable about diamonds. The fact that we think of them as precious is mostly thanks to South Africa’s Oppenheimer dynasty. It is they who, with a bit of help from an American advertising man, sprinkled the rocks with romance and convinced the world that diamonds are forever.