A state-backed Saudi venture would buy stakes in mining assets worth $15 billion in African countries, which will permit US companies to buy some of the production.

Biofuel adoption is aimed at reducing emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors.

The project would have been one of the biggest US sources of metals needed to build electric vehicle batteries and other clean energy technologies.

A final calculated LC purity of 99.59% lithium carbonate equivalent was attained through the new optimized leach process.

Colorado-based Newmont holds onto the top spot.

The measures would primarily target imports from China that benefit from non-market practices.

The request was made when Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with US Vice President Kamala Harris this week.