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DRC/Zambia: Where is the U.S.A. ?
Zambia: Major players such as China, followed by Canada and Australia, are involved in direct operations, joint ventures, and capital contributions, continuously expanding their capacity in Zambia. In 2023, the output was 698,000 tons, ranking as the seventh-largest producer globally,…Africa’s infrastructure: A 99 year old refurbished rail line now offers a third way to transport metals off the continent via Atlantic Ocean.
"The Lobito Atlantic Railway" Africa's copper & cobalt once a 50 day journey until 2024, a long defunct rail line has been refurbished cutting the transit time to just six days. A first shipment of copper cathodes originating in the…
Dirty Nickel
Indonesia Nickel Mine ESG fallacies, a double standard dirty secret of your lithium-ion batteries. Country in focus: Indonesia’s nickel mines. Indonesia, with China in tow, now control world nickel markets with a 55% share of global supply and price around…
Strategic Reserves
Strategic Metal Reserves, most metals are strategic. There’s a “strategic oil reserve” with capacity up to 714 million barrels while currently 351 million barrels on hold. With enough domestic inground or untapped reserves (stranded) there is no need for a…Boom or Bust
BATTERY METALS: Boom or bust Two years ago, the battery metals were the rage. 2022 Lithium was a rage, trading at a price of $41,708 a ton. Along with some new players most noticeably is or was Chile. The Andes,…
Oceans Dire Straits
The Bab-al-Mandeb Strait The most fiery and lethal of today’s shipping lanes: The Bab-al Mandeb Strait lying in between Africa’s east coast countries of Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea famous for new age piracy and the other Yemen’s Houthi rebels is…
Unspoken Realities of the Electric Vehicle
We can sum the whole concept up with just one question: What happens when the power goes out? No one seems to ask or answer that question: Not if but when we experience it on a grand scale only will…
