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China increases local coal production

NATURAL RESOURCES News October 2021 China increases local coal production As the United Nation’s COP26 climate conference looms, President Xi Jinping has won international praise for promising that China’s peak carbon emissions would peak before 2030, and the country...

Exploration tech backed by billionaire

NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Exploration tech backed by billionaire KoBold Metals (“KoBold”), an exploration company which discovers materials critical for the electric vehicle and renewable energy revolutions has partnered with BHP to search Western...

Platinum demand increases

NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Platinum demand increases On the back of economic recovery, the demand for platinum has increased. In the second quarter of 2021, the industrial demand for platinum rose 46% to exceed pre-Covid levels. In addition, platinum...

Metals and Mining M&A

NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 Metals and Mining M&A Mineral and mining deals worth US$1.4 billion were announced for June 2021. Deal value for June 2021 was down 5.9% from May 2021 and down 64.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of US$4.01...

US make push toward electric vehicles

NATURAL RESOURCES News September 2021 US make push toward electric vehicles President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to make half of all new vehicles sales in the US by 2030 to be zero emissions vehicles. This will mean that lithium demand in the US is set to...