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Nigeria: $1.2 billion deal with CNCEC to revive aluminium production
Nigeria has signed a $1.2 billion contract with Chinese state-owned engineering giant CNCEC (China National Chemical Engineering Company) for the renovation and reactivation of a major gas processing plant crucial to the country's aluminium supply chain. The...
Copper sector in China: smelter expansion threatens overall profitability
Chinese copper smelters are facing increasing pressure to slow down production expansion, which is undermining the sector's profitability. The risk is that this overproduction could jeopardise the sustainability of smelters internationally as well. China:...
Chile and the European Union: a new roadmap for collaboration on critical minerals
Chile and the European Union (EU) have reached agreement on a roadmap that includes concrete steps to increase collaboration on critical minerals, essential for green technologies and the energy transition. This agreement builds on a memorandum of understanding signed...
Germany on alert for dependence on foreign raw materials: the BDI’s warning and the need for urgent action
German industry is increasingly dependent on foreign raw materials, a vulnerability that is becoming a critical problem for the economy and national security. Sounding the alarm was Siegfried Russwurm, president of the Federation of German Industry (BDI), during a...