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LITHIUM: Lithium producers fall as SQM forecasts continued oversupply

  • Date: 23-08-19
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Financial Times

Shares in lithium producers fell on Thursday after Chile’s SQM forecast continued oversupply in the market for the battery raw material, which it said would weigh on prices for the remainder of the year.

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AUTO SALES: China imposes 25% tariff on US light vehicles

  • Date: 23-08-19
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: Auto News

China said that it will impose additional tariffs on a total of $75 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest planned levies on Chinese imports.

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LITHIUM: Ganfeng to wrap up Bacanora investment approvals in ‘coming weeks’

  • Date: 20-08-19
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Mining Weekly

China’s Ganfeng Lithium has expressed its commitment to supporting the financing of the Sonora project that London-traded Bacanora Lithium is advancing in Mexico.

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EMISSIONS: Greenpeace Says South Africa Is No. 2 Sulfur Dioxide Hotspot

  • Date: 19-08-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Bloomberg

The area around coal-fired plants owned by South Africa’s state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. ranks as the world’s second-largest hotspot of sulfur dioxide emissions, according to Greenpeace.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Amplats streamlines health and safety

Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats) Mogalakwena Complex near Mokopane in Limpopo province has deployed numerous business improvement initiatives over the years to reduce costs to among the lowest in the world.

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ACQUISITIONS: North American Palladium Acquires a 51% Interest in the Sunday Lake PGM Project`

  • Date: 19-08-19
  • Category: ACQUISITIONS
  • Source: Globe News Wire

TORONTO, Aug. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- North American Palladium Ltd. ("NAP" or the "Company") (TSX:PDL) (OTC PINK:PALDF) is pleased to announce that the Company has vested a 51% interest in the Sunday Lake Project (the “Project”). The decision to elect to continue investing in this platinum group metal (PGM) property was supported by encouraging drilling results from the PGM Zone, including the best intersection reported to date (41.2 m grading 3.22 g/t Pt, 2.08 g/t Pd and 0.21 g/t Au...

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AUTO SALES: Action needed to boost China car sales - CAAM

  • Date: 19-08-19
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: Just Auto

As worries grow over China's economic slowdown and adverse consequences for the automotive sector, China's automotive trade association has called for more action to boost market demand.

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OIL: U.K. Oil Refineries Would Face Severe Pressure in No-Deal Brexit

  • Date: 19-08-19
  • Category: OIL
  • Source: Bloomberg

The UK's oil refineries would be a a severe competitive disadvantage if Britain exits the EU without a deal and tariffs were imposed on its gasoline exports, according to an industry group.

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