[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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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…
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…
BHP Iron-Ore Train Drivers Plan Industrial Action From Friday
[ad_1] Train drivers at BHP Group’s Australian iron-ore operations intend to begin industrial action on Friday in a dispute over working conditions that risks disrupting supplies of the steel ingredient…
Low Platinum Prices Show How Banking on Miners Could Threaten the Energy Transition
[ad_1] Nov. 15, 2023 3:00 am ET|WSJ Pro Plunging prices for platinum and other critical metals could derail mining investment needed to develop new supplies, posing a significant threat to…
BHP CEO Says China Commodity Demand Robust Despite Economic Struggles
[ad_1] Updated Nov. 1, 2023 1:54 am ET ADELAIDE, Australia—China’s demand for commodities including iron ore and copper remains robust, the chief executive of mining giant BHP Group said, even…
Israel-Hamas War Revives Interest in U.S. Production of Iron Dome Missiles
[ad_1] Oct. 22, 2023 11:24 pm ET Israel’s war with Hamas has revived dormant U.S. interest in producing munitions for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, U.S. Army and industry…
Australia’s Whitehaven Set to Buy Two BHP, Mitsubishi Coal Mines
[ad_1] Updated Oct. 17, 2023 8:29 pm ET BHP Group, the world’s biggest miner by market value, on Wednesday named Australia’s Whitehaven Coal as the preferred bidder for two steelmaking…
EVs Are on a Lithium Roller Coaster
[ad_1] Prices of the key battery metal have fallen by roughly 70% this year, easing battery-cost worries but casting doubt on longer-term supply. [ad_2] Source link
Opinion | Tariffs and the Common Man
[ad_1] With Donald Trump leading the 2024 polls while calling for a 10% universal tariff, the new GOP protectionists are trying to sell this idea as a boon for the…