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Critical Minerals, Critical mistakes: The Nyrstar report Europe Can't Ignore
In recent posts, I warned about Europe’s eroding grip on critical industrial capabilities. Now, new evidence from Australia confirms just...
Jun 41 min read


Europe's Green Dream is Being Built on Borrowed Zinc
Last April, De Tijd warned that Europe must build 40 new mines and metal factories by 2030 to meet its own green transition targets — a...
May 232 min read


Podcast: "The Lobito Corridor: Trafigura on track for Africa's mining heartland"
Public Eye’s latest podcast investigates the Angolan corruption scandal involving Trafigura. It sheds light on how the company allegedly...
Mar 271 min read


Nyrstar parent company Trafigura wants to partially nationalize zinc group
'Critical infrastructure and smelting capacity are a national security issue and therefore they need some kind of government ownership or...
Mar 262 min read


Trafigura Reshuffles Top Team as Metals Losses Rattle Trader
"Trafigura has been exploring a range of potential deals involving the metals business as it weighs the future of the unit, Bloomberg...
Sep 18, 20242 min read


Von der Leyen: 'Europe opens subsidy investigation into electric cars from China'
“From wind to steel, from batteries to electric vehicles — our ambition is crystal clear: the future of our clean tech industry must be...
Sep 12, 20232 min read
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