Forget rare earths, boron is the critical mineral to track
Two companies mine 85% of all boron. China holds a near monopoly on downstream processing. Now a California mine wants to break open this opaque market.
Current prices would seem “far too low” if governments fulfill pledges for green infrastructure and electric-vehicle incentives, Concord Resources said.
Cenovus Energy Inc. and Imperial Oil Ltd. have increasingly turned to trains to move their crude, with oil exports by rail from Canada more than tripling since July.
It has received an installation licence for PNP1000, the initial, small-scale production phase of its Piauí nickel-cobalt project, in Brazil’s north-east.