The promise and risks of deep-sea mining
Composed of manganese, nickel, copper, cobalt and other trace minerals, polymetallic nodules hold some of the key ingredients needed to fuel the energy transition.
Composed of manganese, nickel, copper, cobalt and other trace minerals, polymetallic nodules hold some of the key ingredients needed to fuel the energy transition.
The city has long been a key conduit for bullion entering the Chinese mainland — the world’s biggest consumer market.
China imposed restrictions on exports of the metals used in high-tech electronics from August.
Canada has tightened in recent years its Investment Canada Act, the main tool used to review inbound deals to ensure transactions are not harmful to national security.
Teck needs approval from 11 jurisdictions — including countries where it ships coal — to complete the sale of the business.
Maike Metals was until recently responsible for more than a quarter of China’s copper imports.
How First Quantum’s $10 billion copper mine went from promised economic boom to cause of mass popular unrest is a story peculiar to Panama but one that has a moral for the global mining industry.
The drivers stopped shipping the green-energy metals from the mining hub of Kolwezi around the end of October.
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