Argentina, US strengthen ties concerning critical minerals

Transnet has been hobbled by sabotage, cable theft and aging equipment.

New Caledonia has some of the world’s largest reserves of the metal, but its three smelters have faced years of losses linked to high costs and social unrest.

Chairman said it would be a mistake for Codelco to delay projects currently under development.

Argentina is currently the fourth-biggest producer of lithium.

The blockades that disrupted copper shipments and mine supplies late last year and early this year have been cleared.

Over three years, Indspire, a national charity that provides bursaries and scholarships to Indigenous students will receive $1.9m.

The company will make an investment of $12 million to redouble its efforts in Peru.

The plan is to develop a hot briquette iron plant that would make high iron content compact bricks to supply steel mills.

The Financial Times reported the metal was sold by UAE-based entity Haldivor Energy and exported through Turkey to Italy’s Livorno port.