basic materials

Lily Dickson was hurrying across the University of Leeds campus when a student campaigner handed her a flier that called for a ban on campus recruiting by mining and oil-and-gas companies.The 24-year old doctoral student in geology was…
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Lily Dickson was hurrying across the University of Leeds campus when a student campaigner handed her a flier that called for a ban on campus recruiting by mining and oil-and-gas companies.The 24-year old doctoral student in geology was…
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The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0804 GMT – Mondi should see more price falls and destocking near term, but the market…
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Private-equity firm Apollo Global Management APO -0.54% is nearing a deal to buy industrial-parts manufacturer Arconic, ARNC…
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0734 GMT – Crude-oil prices are down amid worries over consumer demand. Brent crude is down 0.9% to $79.59/bbl while WTI is 1.1% lower at $75.95/bbl. Goldman Sachs analyst Callum Bruce says that worries over oil consumption can be…
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The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1525 ET – Nucor says it isn’t seeing weakening demand for steel, despite signs of…
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Metal markets seem to think copper is the new lithium. A lack of new mining activity has added to worries that there won’t be enough of the red metal for the energy transition, a popular topic at this week’s World Copper Conference in…
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Glencore , one of the world’s largest coal miners and traders, wants more coal—just not in its backyard. An emerging battle for fellow coal heavyweight Teck Resources ’ assets says a lot about the curious position the black…
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Glencore GLNCY 2.81% PLC said it would add a cash component to its roughly $23-billion merger proposal for Teck Resources Ltd. TECK 0.56%…
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Lithium prices are reversing after a two-year tear, a potential boost for consumers and auto makers that got hit by rising battery costs last year. Prices for lithium are down more than 30% this year, ending the two-year run that pushed up…
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