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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.

Press Release • Dec 21, 2021

Lundin Mining to acquire world-class Josemaria

Lundin Mining announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Josemaria Resources to acquire all of its shares through a plan of arrangement…

Mining Technology • Dec 20, 2021

Nornickel has announced a new carbon footprint

Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel, has announced the development of a method and model for measuring the carbon footprint of…

Copper • Dec 20, 2021

Bacteria killed 100 times faster by new copper

Researchers from RMIT University and CSIRO, Australia's national research agency, have invented a copper surface that kills bacteria 100 times faster and more effectively than conventional…

Press Release • Dec 18, 2021

Lundin slumps after deal to buy copper-gold

Lundin Mining Corp. fell the most since March after it agreed to acquire Josemaria Resources Inc., a copper-gold project in Argentina, for C$625 million ($483 million).…

Press Release • Dec 18, 2021

Lundin Mining to Acquire Josemaria Resources

TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2021 /CNW/ - (TSX: LUN) (Nasdaq Stockholm: LUMI) Lundin Mining Corporation (“Lundin Mining” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive agreement…

Battery Metals • Dec 17, 2021

Massive Opposition: Serbia lithium mine to be

After a large-scale protest shakes the country's administration, local officials have put a $2.4 billion project on hold. Following protests by environmentalists that rattled the country's…

Mining Technology • Dec 15, 2021

Samarkand International Technical University

Sanoat Energetika Guruhi LLC and Colorado School of Mines have signed a deal to establish a worldwide, English-speaking, American-model university in the Republic of Uzbekistan's Samarkand…

Copper • Dec 15, 2021

World Copper Announces Approval by Cardero

World Copper Ltd. (“World Copper” or the “Company“; TSXV: WCU, OTCQB: WCUFF) announces that Cardero Resource Corp. (“Cardero“) shareholders have approved all matters voted on at…

Mining Finance • Dec 15, 2021

Metso Outotec signed EUR 100 million

Metso Outotec and the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) have today signed an eight-year EUR 100 million sustainability-linked loan agreement. The terms of the loan are linked to mutually…

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