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Russian firms raise zinc output to meet government demand: sources

Russian firms have boosted zinc metal production over the past month to benefit from rising state demand and reduce reliance on China.

Workers walk past a stack of battery units after the launching of Indonesia's first battery cell production plant for electric vehicles with an annual capacity of 10 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery cells at HLI Green Power, a joint venture between South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution (LGES), in Karawang, West Java province, Indonesia, July 3, 2024. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
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Hyundai Motor, LG Energy Solution launch Indonesia’s first EV battery plant

The plant is part of a commitment by Hyundai Motor and LGES to invest up to $9.8 billion in Southeast Asia's largest economy...

Hydrovolt can take used batteries and turn them into a black powder from which it can recover the metals and make new batteries (AFP)
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Hydrovolt to open battery recycling facility in France

Norwegian battery recycling firm Hydrovolt said on Tuesday that it would expand internationally by opening a facility in France, boosting a nascent hub...

Mining trucks are seen at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia's South Gobi region June 23, 2012.  REUTERS/David Stanway/File Photo
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Rio Tinto in talks to avert strike at Mongolian copper mine

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Global miner Rio Tinto is negotiating with workers at its Oyu Tolgoi copper operations in Mongolia to avert further industrial...

The logo of Anglo American is seen on a jacket of an employee at the Los Bronces copper mine, in the outskirts of Santiago, Chile March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/ File Photo
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Anglo American shares fall after Australian mine suspension

An underground fire broke out in its Queensland mine at the weekend.

FILE PHOTO: The Anglo American logo is seen in Rusternburg October 5, 2015. Picture taken October 5, 2015.  REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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Jefferies says Anglo American coal fire likely to affect met coal sale

The mine in Australia is expected to be closed for months.

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Southern Copper to restart development of Peru mine on Monday -document

LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian copper producer Southern Copper, controlled by Grupo Mexico, plans on Monday to restart development of the long-postponed Tia Maria...

FILE PHOTO: Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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China issues rare earth regulations to further protect domestic supply

China has unveiled a list of rare earth regulations, laying out rules on the mining, smelting and trade in critical materials

The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa,  Monday July 6, 2020. Yukon government mining officials say a recent ore-slide at a central gold mine was the second time the heap leach facility has failed this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ore slide at Yukon’s Victoria Gold mine not the first this year: government officials

Yukon government mining officials say a recent slide of ore at a gold mine in the territory was the second such failure this...

FILE PHOTO: A sign adorns the building where mining company Rio Tinto has their office in Perth, Western Australia, November 19, 2015.   REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
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Serbia’s green activists rally against Rio Tinto lithium project

Protesters demanded that the Serbian parliament adopt a law on a ban of geological research and exploitation of lithium and borates within 40...

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