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MACROECONOMICS: China, Taiwan eye windfall from S. Korea-Japan trade dispute

Chinese and Taiwanese tech companies are sensing an opportunity to grab higher global market share in the semiconductor, display and battery sectors amid the latest trade feud between South Korea and Japan, according to sources on Aug 5.

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ESKOM: Looming Eskom strike could result in more load shedding

  • Date: 04-08-19
  • Category: ESKOM
  • Source: The Citizen

Eskom senior managers have dragged Eskom to the CCMA demanding the same 4.7% increase that the power utility recently granted to middle management.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Sibanye files court papers to oppose application to halt R5.2bn Lonmin merger

JOHANNESBURG – Sibanye-Stillwater on Thursday filed court papers to oppose an application by a Rustenburg community to halt Sibanye's R5.2-billion acquisition of platinum mining company, Lonmin.

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EMISSIONS: Kia counts on electric-car push to meet CO2 target in Europe

  • Date: 02-08-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Europe Auto News

Kia will leverage full-electric vehicles to reach European CO2 emissions reduction targets in 2020 and 2021 but the brand has developed contingency plans in case sales are insufficient.

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COBALT: Volvo Cars, China in first blockchain project for recycled cobalt

  • Date: 02-08-19
  • Category: COBALT
  • Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Volvo Cars, owned by China’s Geely [GEELY.UL], has produced the first cars containing recycled cobalt mapped using a blockchain, and has joined a separate project to monitor cobalt from Democratic Republic of Congo, Volvo said.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Norilsk Nickel Group Announces H1 of 2019

PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, the largest palladium and refined nickel producer in the world, announced preliminary consolidated production results for the second quarter and the first half of 2019.

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ESKOM: Eskom to increase electricity tariffs by 80% to recoup financial losses

  • Date: 02-08-19
  • Category: ESKOM
  • Source: The South African

Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, is looking to drastically increase electricity tariffs in an attempt to offset dismal financial losses incurred during the 2018/19 financial year.

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LITHIUM: Albemarle revises Australian Wodgina joint venture as lithium market sags

  • Date: 01-08-19
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Reuters

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Albemarle Corp, the world’s largest lithium producer, has revised a deal to buy into Australia’s Mineral Resources Ltd’s Wodgina mine to cut spending on the deal and better cope with a slump in the lithium market.

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