Almost all major commodities traded higher following China’s move to reduce the time that travelers and close contacts of infected people must spend in quarantine.
Chinese firms have been involved in 89 announced acquisitions and investments in Canadian metals and mining companies in the past decade, according to Bloomberg data.
Rio has struggled to win investor support for the Turquoise Hill deal, forcing it to offer unusual terms to the most stubborn holdouts which appeared to be enough to close the deal.
A growing number of member states of the ISA have called for a “precautionary pause” or moratorium on mining due to the lack of scientific data on fragile and biodiverse deep ocean ecosystems targeted for exploitation.
Australian miners are under pressure to clamp down on sexual assault and harassment after a landmark inquiry unveiled shocking cases of abuse of women.
Robert Bosch plans to use more than twenty of IBM’s quantum computers to help identify alternatives to the metals and rare earth elements currently used in EVs.
