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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.
Quickly developed material technology company Betolar and JA-KO Betoni, a company reforming the concrete industry, are assisting Keliber, which is preparing a lithium mine in Kaustinen,…
Washington, 21 September 2021 - Kazakhstan committed to achieve zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2060 at a UN Summit last year. Funded by the World Bank,…
During the last decade, uranium prices had fallen to record lows, but when demand and attitude began to change, prices started to change as well. Prices…
Metso Outotec is launching yet another powerful product in its range of concentrator plant units – the complete Stirred Mill Plant Units for efficient fine grinding.…
For some time, it has been at the heart of an international conflict. Near the border of Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic, the Turów mine…
COVID-19 has spread beyond a worldwide health issue into the social and economic realm. International organizations are updating the world's economic prognosis regularly during the crisis.…
This recent decision by the Australian government to have nuclear-powered submarines monitor the country's borders and neighboring seas is a significant development. Plans are readied for…
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States of America. The Save Oak Flat Act was presented to the public by Chair Raul M. Grijalva…
Regarding China's decreasing steel output and its current coronavirus epidemic, Anglo-Australian miner BHP warned that the exceptional iron ore prices of the past might be on…
Sustainable water management, primarily freshwater, within the mining sector has become essential because of a potential worldwide water crisis that might be accompanied by climate change.…
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