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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.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The option of President Donald Trump to rule the U.S. until William Barr became President Department of Justice, in a federal criminal inquiry…
India's largest bank's shareholders are posing questions over a planned loan to Adani Enterprises Ltd. to help finance the opening of the infamous Carmichael coal mine…
PETALING JAYA: A writer on rare earth elements has advised science and not politics to be the foundation for debates on rare earth mining. Azizan Abu…
As Chinese demand for steel soars and prices sit at a seven-year peak, Northern Territory iron ore mines are making a comeback. In the last few…
A more favorable market climate can be seen by miners and metal producers in 2021, as almost all mineral and metal prices (except iron ore) are…
The mining industry in South Africa may have shown resilience and weathered the COVID-19 hurricane, but businesses, particularly when it comes to environmental, social and governance…
MILWAUKEE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Komatsu is pleased to launch a new jumbo drill and bolter that utilizes a revolutionary common underground hard rock mining carrier and control device engineered…
Robots in Mining: How Automation Is Revolutionizing the Industry Robots in mining are no longer a distant vision — they are actively reshaping how minerals are…
US mining industries anticipate Joe Biden's presidency to lift certain barriers to the coking coal sector, but there is optimism that more attractive business dynamics can…
Nova Royalty (TSXV: NOVR) has entered into a royalty acquisition arrangement with Boart Longyear's (ASX: BLY) affiliate to buy an established 2.4% net smelter return royalty…
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