Metals
  • Gold$3,999.34/oz−0.35%
  • Silver$52.82/oz−2.00%
  • Platinum$1,497.41/oz−2.16%
  • Palladium$1,023.20/oz−2.38%
  • Copper$6.52/lb+0.07%
  • Aluminium$3,041/t+0.06%
  • Nickel$15,584/t+0.14%
  • Zinc$3,802/t−0.09%
  • Lead$1,914/t+0.10%
  • Lithium$14,897/t+1.08%
  • Cobalt$22.85/lb0.00%
  • Uranium$90.08/lb−0.07%
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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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