Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country's lithium industry, the world's second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment.
Kazakhstan ramped up oil exports bypassing Russia in the first quarter of 2023 as it seeks to reduce its dependency on its vast neighbour, data from industry sources and Refinitiv showed.
Argentina exported $233 million in lithium in the year's first three months, a 133% increase from the same period last year, the country's mining secretary said in a report Tuesday.
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialised nations issued the following communique following a three-day meeting in Japan that ended on Tuesday. I. INTRODUCTION
There is an increasing disconnect between the forecasts for strong global oil demand growth this year, led by Asia, and the reality of weakening margins for refined fuels.