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Chevron joins other oil majors eyeing extraction of the critical mineral

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The renewable energy revolution, while diminishing fossil fuel extraction, is set to fuel a significant mining boom for finite metals and minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and copper.

Thats right. why is that wrong? because in chile we respect contracts, and we are not going to do anything that goes against international law and we are not going to violate our contracts. you havent threatened their current contracts, but you want the state to play a much bigger role in the future of this industry. yeah. and we want the state to be partner with the private sector and we think that the state and the people of chile has to be part of the wealthy that lithium might bring. not onl...

Environmental standards. and what we have said, for example, to canadian mining companies, which they agree on this, is that we want to... ..that your companies apply the same standards you use in your country in our country. thats it. and we think that chile has a position in which we have to be very careful with the opportunities we have. we want to seize them. we want to seize the opportunity about lithium, about green hydrogen, about, of course, copper. but we have to do it in the right way,...

That key advantage. well, erm... do you think that an investor would prefer nowadays go to argentina than to chile because of social security? because of respecting the constitution? and the difference between australia and chilean lithium is that the lithium in australia is in rocks. we have it in salt lakes so its easier to extract. what we are doing is saying that we can build a partnership between a public company and private sector. and thats not weird — thats what europe does in a lot of...

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Hindustan Zinc: Lithium reserves of about 5.9 million tonnes have been identified in Salal-Haimna areas of Reasi district in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for the first time in India. Auctions of the said reserves are likely to be held in December. The J&K administration is also in the process of appointing a transaction advisor.

By joining the US-led Minerals Security Partnership and pursuing other collaborations, India has taken significant steps towards ensuring resilient supplies of critical minerals

Chinas presence in Africas mining sector has rapidly expanded over the past decades. This strategic collaboration between China and African nations has fueled economic growth and triggered discussions on how it influences peace and security dynamics across the continent. In 2019 alone, Chinas imports from sub-Saharan Africa accounted for nearly $10 billion.