Metals
  • Gold$3,993.62/oz0.00%
  • Silver$53.90/oz+0.02%
  • Platinum$1,552.00/oz0.00%
  • Palladium$1,046.50/oz0.00%
  • Copper$6.48/lb0.00%
  • Aluminium$3,047/t+0.01%
  • Nickel$15,870/t+0.13%
  • Zinc$3,744/t−0.09%
  • Lead$1,895/t−0.49%
  • Lithium$14,542/t−0.04%
  • Cobalt$23.11/lb0.00%
  • Uranium$90.10/lb+0.02%
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Mo Shine

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Mo Shine covers the geopolitics, logistics and diplomacy of critical-mineral extraction in the Global South, with a focus on how African statecraft shapes what investors and operators can actually build. He spent more than a decade in newspaper journalism, as sub-editor and executive editor, and has worked with Skillings since 2009. His current work tracks the Lobito Corridor and other Western-backed rail routes, and what they change for working capital, regional diplomacy and operator resilience across the Central African Copperbelt.

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