Chilean mining company SQM prepares giant expansion
SQM, a leading Chilean lithium extractor, wants to expand its operations not only in Chile, but also in Australia. It is due to decide in...
Total invests billions of dollars in renewables in India
French mining company Total wants to gradually shed its dependence on oil production. It has therefore agreed to buy a fifth stake in an Indian...
Unrest in Washington has swerved the dollar, gold and Bitcoin
Wednesday's violent unrest during a US Congress meeting to confirm the results of the presidential election also affected the economy. The dollar erased all previous...
Oil production in Russia fell to a nine-year low last year
Russia supplied more than 512 million tons of oil to the world market last year. Compared to 2019, there was a decrease of less than...
The Finns will supply the Russians with technology to extract copper from raw ore
The Finnish company Metso Outotec has signed a contract for the supply of copper ore processing technology for a high-capacity copper concentrator. The facility...
Global demand will grow in 2021, predicts International Energy Agency
After this year's unprecedented fall in coal demand, we will see a modest recovery in 2021. Global coal demand is up 2.6 percent, according...
OPEC+ group agrees to light increase in oil production from January
Representatives of the Member States of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia agreed to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day...
European Commission gives green light to German exit from coal
Germany will be able to implement its plan for a total shift away from coal-fired power plants. The first should be to get rid of...
In Chile, a battle broke out over access to lithium mining
The US company Albemarle Corp has accused its largest Chilean competitor, mining company SQM, and local regulators of hiding the report on the environmental...
Donald Trump will eliminate tariffs on imports of aluminum from Canada. But he can...
US President Donald Trump has said he intends to eliminate import tariffs on aluminum from the United States to Canada. Whether the aluminum trade will...
