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FILE PHOTO: General view of Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2024. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo
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Saudi Arabia kicks off Aramco share sale with demand said to be high

In a landmark deal, Saudi Arabia has begun a secondary share sale in oil giant Aramco.

FILE PHOTO: A view of the logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) outside their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
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OPEC+ agrees extension of production cuts, sources say

OPEC+ poised to argue for deeper oil output cuts in 2024 and 2025.

Children play near a poster for the uMkhonto weSizwe party in the township Botleng in Delmas, South Africa May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Ihsaan Haffejee
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In South Africa’s coal belt ANC heartland, voters defect en masse

With the ANC on track to get 42% of the vote in the election, the anger in its coal-mining belt hints as to...

FILE PHOTO: Logo of Anglo American is seen on a jacket of an employee of the Los Bronces copper mine, in the outskirts of Santiago, Chile March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo
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How a rattled South Africa became Anglo’s best defence against BHP bid

More than half a dozen people, including investors and ex-mining executives, told Reuters that Anglo American was able to rebuff BHP's approaches because...

FILE PHOTO: Officials inspect the carcass of an elephant in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe December 7, 2023 REUTERS/Nyasha Chingono/File Photo
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Southern African countries fear losing more elephants to drought

Southern African countries home to the largest elephant population in the world fear a rise in animal deaths in the coming months as...

The Saudi Aramco logo is pictured at Hyvolution exhibition in Paris, France, February 1, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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Saudi Arabia sets up new Aramco share sale that could raise $13.1B

Saudi Arabia's government on Thursday filed papers to sell a new stake in state oil giant Aramco that could raise as much as...

FILE PHOTO: President of China Xi Jinping and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend the China-Africa Leaders' Roundtable Dialogue on the last day of the BRICS Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alet Pretorius/Pool/File Photo
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Analysis: China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals

China's flagship economic cooperation program is bouncing back after a lull during the global pandemic, with Africa a primary focus.

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze following a Houthi missile attack at sea, March 6, 2024, in this handout photo. DVIDS/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
BusinessClimateEmissionsMaritimeNewsTransport

How Red Sea disruptions are driving up carbon emissions

Attacks on ships traveling the Red Sea is forcing shippers to reroute their vessels on journeys that drive up their carbon dioxide emissions.

Miners work at an illegal tin mining site in Jos, Nigeria, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The recent arrests come as Nigeria seeks to regulate mining of critical minerals, curb illegal activity and better benefit from its mineral resources. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Nigerian government cracks down on illegal lithium miners

Dozens of arrests made after Nigeria's lithium mining industry being impacted by unlicensed operators in areas with minimal official presence.

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed natural gas pipeline is placed in front of displayed Saudi Aramco logo in this illustration taken February 8, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Saudi Arabia plans Aramco share sale as soon as June, sources say

Saudi Arabia is planning a multi-billion-dollar share sale in energy giant Aramco as soon as June in what would be one of the...

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