Tag: Minerals

Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals

By Rachel Savage and Duncan Miriri JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI (Reuters) – China’s flagship economic cooperation program is bouncing back after a lull during the global pandemic, with Africa a primary focus, according to a Reuters analysis of lending, investment and trade data. Chinese leaders have been citing the billions of dollars committed to new construction projects and […]

Q2 2024 Compass Minerals International Inc Earnings Call

Participants Brent Collins; Vice President – Investor Relations; Compass Minerals International Inc Edward Dowling; President, Chief Executive Officer, Director; Compass Minerals International Inc Lorin Crenshaw; Chief Financial Officer; Compass Minerals International Inc George Schuller; Chief Operations Officer; Compass Minerals International Inc Ben Nichols; Chief Sales Officer; Compass Minerals International Inc Joel Jackson; Analyst; BMO Capital […]

Australia Cracks Down on Foreign Cash in Critical Minerals

(Bloomberg) — Australia will tighten scrutiny of foreign investment into mining and refining of critical minerals as part of an overhaul of its national regime, while speeding up approvals in low-risk areas to boost economic growth. Most Read from Bloomberg Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the changes in a speech to the Lowy Institute think tank […]

Japan needs to shift energy security focus to critical minerals

As one of the most “energy security obsessed countries in the world”, Japan will have to broaden its conception of energy security to include green technologies and critical minerals, according to Tatsuya Terazawa, chairman and CEO of the IEEJ. Speaking at the 26the World Energy Congress in Rotterdam last week, Terazawa said: “Since 1973, energy […]

DR Congo presses Apple over minerals supply chain, lawyers say

KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo is pushing Apple Inc for more information about its supply chain over concerns it may be tainted with conflict minerals sourced from the country, international lawyers engaged by Congo said on Thursday. Congo, particularly its eastern region, has been plagued by violence since the 1990s, killing millions as struggles […]