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Tsingshan Holding Group Co. made numerous bold moves on its path to becoming the world’s largest nickel producer, but its new plan to supply carmakers with cheap, clean metal could be its biggest breakthrough yet.
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In the country at large, we have all done our best to control the virus and it has worked. We also have excellent evidence of the vaccination dramatically reducing deaths in the oldest cohort of the population. Test and trace works well where cases can be quickly identified and followed up.
The politics may be uncomfortable for the First Minister but an honest assessment of the situation means that her target of identical measures for the whole country until the end of April is ludicrous – driven by politics not data.
She is the one who claims to follow the data. It is time she challenged her own patch to do better and let the rest of the country get back to life.
Is copper the new gold?
Underground miners at the the Vale do Curaça (MCSA) copper complex in northeastern Bahia State in Brazil. Credit: Ero Copper.
One of the key themes that emerged from the 30th BMO Global Metals & Mining conference last week was the desire among many gold and base metal companies to increase their exposure to copper. The investment bank’s fireside chats with CEOs and presentations were not open to the media, but according to highlights BMO released each day, the outlook for copper and its importance to the green energy transition dominated much of the discussion. When BMO polled participants on the final day, more than 70% said copper “will see the strongest demand growth” (and well ahead of nickel), between 2021 and 2025.
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An emergency vehicle blocks off Long Plains Road on Thursday, March 4. Buxton police have closed a section of Long Plains Road as they deal with a public safety incident Thursday morning. Staff photo by Brianna Soukup
A standoff in Buxton that forced police to close Long Plains Road for more than six hours was peacefully resolved Thursday afternoon with the surrender and arrest of a suspect in an alleged domestic violence incident.
Michael P. Landry, 40, was arrested and charged with domestic violence aggravated assault, a Class B crime, and violation of conditions of release, Chief Troy Cline said in a news release posted on the Buxton Police Department’s Facebook.