Following the successful nickel sulphate production, SGS continues testing to produce what TMC believes will be the world’s first cobalt sulphate from polymetallic nodules.
According to Aurojyoti Bose, lead analyst at GlobalData, the involvement in the $2.2 billion Alcoa-Alumina M&A deal helped these two firms top the chart by value.
State-owned Zesco stated that it is seeking to import power to avert an energy deficit that could affect output in Africa's second-largest copper producer.