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Last week, energy ministers from the G20 engaged in a rare display of international cooperation by agreeing to reduce oil supply in an ambitious attempt to raise prices. The deal comes amid a sharp contraction in global economic activity triggered by the coronavirus, which has halved oil prices since the

As part of continued efforts to resolve its long-running trade conflict with the United States, China recently raised its production quota of rare earth metals to a record 132,000 tonnes. Additionally, customs data published in January showed that China’s exports of rare earth magnets to the US increased

Oil prices have nosedived since the outbreak of the coronavirus, with Brent crude down 25 per cent since the start of January. The outbreak of Covid-19 has almost certainly pitched China’s economy into contractionary territory, disrupting everything from manufacturing supply chains to property construction. The grim economic outlook was

Late last month, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) outlined a plan to assume monopoly control of the country’s artisanal cobalt sector. A newly created state-owned company, Enterprise Generale du Cobalt (EGC), will be given standalone rights to purchase the metal from the informal mining industry. Combined with sulphur,