Tuesday, 21 January 2025

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FILE PHOTO: Graphite powder, used for battery paste, is pictured in a Volkswagen pilot line for battery cell production in Salzgitter, Germany, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
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Graphite miners lobby US govt to impose levy on China-sourced EV material

North American graphite miners are lobbying the US government to impose a 25% tariff on three graphite products sourced from China in order...

A new IEA report on batteries says the energy sector now accounts for 90 per cent of the demand for lithium-ion batteries. Photo by Vardan Papikyan on Unsplash
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How crucial are batteries to the energy transition? IEA report

"Reducing emissions and getting on track to meet international energy and climate targets will hinge on whether the world can scale up batteries...

Copper prices have soared about 400 percent in the past 25 years and on Friday topped US$10,000 for the first time in two years (AFP)
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Clean energy drives massive BHP takeover bid

BHP's multi-billion-dollar bid to buy rival Anglo American promises to be the largest mining merger deal in decades

BHP wants Anglo American's copper mining operations, like this one in Chile (AFP)
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Miner Anglo American rejects BHP’s $38.8 billion takeover bid

British mining company, Anglo American, has slammed BHP's bid as "highly unattractive" and "opportunistic"

Australian mining giant BHP in takeover bid for British rival Anglo American, a colossal deal with the potential to fundamentally reshape the sector (AFP)
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BHP launches $38.8 billion takeover bid for rival Anglo American

BHP and Anglo American have both been wrestling with the transition away from gas and coal, eyeing opportunities to mine critical minerals

De Beers delivers first production from underground operations at its Venetia Mine in South Africa in this undated handout picture. ANGLO AMERICAN AND DE BEERS GROUP/ HANDOUT via REUTERS/ File Photo
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BHP’s proposed bid for Anglo American is a big bet on copper

By Siyi Liu and Mai Nguyen BEIJING/HANOI – BHP Group’s proposed $39 billion buyout of Anglo American is a big bet on copper...

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of Anglo American's Los Bronces copper mine at Los Andes Mountain range, near Santiago city, Chile on November 17, 2014.   REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo/File Photo
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BHP Group makes $38.8 billion play for Anglo American, copper in focus

BHP Anglo American takeover would create world's biggest copper miner, with 10% of global output.

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Japan launches anti-dumping probe into Chinese graphite electrodes

Graphite electrodes investigation prompted by domestic manufacturers, says Japanese government.

Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland presents the federal government budget for fiscal year 2024-25, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 16, 2024.  REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo
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‘Five Eyes’ working to fight critical minerals dumping: Canada’s finance minister

Canada and its Five Eyes Alliance partners are working on put forward a response to tackle the price manipulation of critical metals: Finance...

A view of the facilities at Cobre Panama mine of Canadian First Quantum Minerals, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines, which was forced to shut down after Panama's top court ruled that its contract was unconstitutional following nationwide protests opposed to its continued operation, during a media tour, in Donoso, Panama, January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Tarina Rodriguez/ File photo
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Shortages key to copper’s upward price trajectory to new peaks

Rising copper prices, partly caused by energy transition applications, will continue as shortages begin to drive up demand.

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