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FILE PHOTO: Employees work at a copper smelter in Yantai, Shandong province, China April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Siyi Liu/File Photo
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Near-record high LME prices a magnet for Chinese copper

China's copper producers are planning to export up to 100,000 metric tons of metal to push down prices.

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...

meco Corp. reported a loss in its latest quarter as it was hit by charges related to its acquisition of a stake in Westinghouse Electric Co., one of the world's largest nuclear services businesses. A Cameco employee is shown during a media tour of the uranium mine in Cigar Lake, Sask. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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Uranium miner Cameco Q1 results show $7M loss and revenue down

Cameco Q1 loss compares with profit of $119m a year earlier, after acquiring Westinghouse Electric Company.

Indian environmental activist Alok Shukla, a recipient of this year's Goldman Prize, speaks at a village meeting in Chhattisgarh state (AFP)
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Indian forest activist at the coalface of mining battle

Alok Shukla has led a decade-long grassroots campaign against some of India's conglomerates seeking to tap one of the country's richest subterranean stores...

Some 600 people were left homeless by the 2015 dam collapse in the southeastern town of Mariana (AFP)
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Mining giants Vale, BHP propose $25 bn settlement over dam collapse

The two companies hope their figure is substantial enough to cover repairs and compensation for 430,000 people affected by Brazil dam collapse.

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...

FILE PHOTO: The Anglo American logo is seen in Rusternburg October 5, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
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Takeover rules to prevent Anglo from saying much on bid at AGM

Anglo American takeover bid unlikely to be discussed in mining company's AGM due to British law, while BHP considers better offer.

A worker is seen at Anglo American's Los Bronces copper mine in Chile, obtained by Reuters on April 26, 2024.  Anglo American/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo
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BHP considering improved proposal for Anglo American after bid was rejected, source says

(Reuters) -BHP Group is considering making an improved offer for Anglo American after its $39 billion initial proposal was rejected by the London-listed...

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"

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