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[ad_1] Updated Dec. 30, 2023 12:11 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) MBOMBELA, South Africa—A half-century-old company on the outskirts of South Africa’s Kruger National Park has found itself…

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SQM Strikes Lithium Deal With State-Run Miner Codelco

[ad_1] Chilean lithium company SQM has reached an agreement with state-run miner Codelco to jointly produce the key energy-transition metal that abounds in the country’s desert salt flats. Under the…

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U.S. Says Iran Drone Struck an Oil Tanker Near India

[ad_1] A chemical tanker in the Indian Ocean was struck by a drone launched directly from Iran early Saturday, the Pentagon said, signaling a widening risk to shipping after Yemeni…

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The New Swedish Playbook for Financing Green Business

[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) In Sweden’s far north, two investors are rolling out a playbook that could break the financial bottleneck that has bedeviled emerging green industries. So…

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Nippon Steel to Acquire U.S. Steel for $14.1 Billion

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 18, 2023 7:37 am ET U.S. Steel agreed to be acquired by Nippon Steel in a $14.1 billion deal that would combine two steel giants in America…

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Uranium Is Finally Running Hot, and Miners Can’t Keep Up

[ad_1] ADELAIDE, Australia—Miners are struggling to get enough uranium out of the ground. That is helping to push prices of the nuclear fuel to nearly 16-year highs. Cameco, one of the world’s biggest producers,…

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Will the End of Fossil Fuels Spoil the Lucky Country’s Streak?

[ad_1] Australia has lived up to its nickname, the “Lucky Country,” partly thanks to abundant reserves of coal and natural gas. A fossil-fuel-free future—like the one envisioned at the COP28…

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What Cardboard Prices Tell Us About the State of the Economy

12 months ago

[ad_1] Cardboard prices are pointing to better times ahead. Producers are lifting prices for the thick paper used to make delivery boxes for the first time since the Federal Reserve…

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Edgar Woolard, Who Brought Steve Jobs Back to Apple, Dies at Age 89

12 months ago

[ad_1] Dec. 12, 2023 12:50 pm ET When he joined the board of Apple in June 1996, Edgar S. Woolard Jr.was nearing the end of his career at the chemical…

Has Sweden got its coronavirus science right? – BBC News

[ad_1] By Maddy Savage BBC News, Stockholm 25 April 2020 Image caption, Sweden’s schools have remained open while neighbouring countries shut theirs for weeks Sweden’s strategy to keep large parts…

Germany approves legislation easing deportations of rejected asylum seekers

[ad_1] The legislation foresees increasing the maximum length of pre-deportation custody from 10 to 28 days and specifically facilitating the deportation of people who are members of a criminal organisation…

Demographics and geography threaten Singapore with the slow lane – Thailand Business News

[ad_1] Singapore faced geopolitical, structural, and domestic challenges in 2023. Economic growth was slow, and scandals rocked the political landscape. Singapore faced external challenges from geopolitical tensions, global protectionism, and…

Netherlands agribusiness company to build $11M Oconee County facility – GSA Business Report