China’s Yancoal proposes assets merger with Gloucester Coal

The export tax rebate was also removed for copper and lowered for some refined oil, solar, battery and non-metallic mineral products.

The West African nation increasingly seeks new partners, such as Russia, in its mining sector.

A deal would cement Boliden’s position as one of Europe’s biggest producers of zinc.

Wolfsberg represents Europe's first fully permitted spodumene mine, and potentially its first lithium concentrate producer.