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...Processes involved in making lithium-ion batteries include producing electrodes, pasting the electrodes on to thin metal sheets, rolling them up, putting them in metal cans, filling the cans with liquid...
...A sheet-metal sculpture, “Tête d’homme barbu” (1962), is the latest work in the exhibition, with other highlights including an unusually tender drawing of Dora Maar from 1937, bought from the sitter’s estate...
...Russia’s invasion of Ukraine briefly sent the price of the yellow metal above $2,000 an ounce in March — and near its record high....
...It also invested heavily in the production process to build moats around its manufacturing innovations, while rivals were just giving supplier spec sheets and saying: “build this.”...
...They are now looking to merge or sell stakes in these assets, which will allow them to keep a stake in the profitable business, while also moving debt off their balance sheet....
...What’s more, the model makes sense, given the demographic and housing supply issues, low unemployment, strong household balance sheets and wage growth we are seeing....
...When the two hedge funds were liquidated in July 2007, Bear Stearns seized the collateral that secured its loans, sticking them on its once-pristine balance sheet....
...“There may have been sheets like this in Venice,” comments Michael Pye, “but Antwerp had the first that anyone mentioned.”...
...Well, the reason may be that White Oak isn’t a disinterested outsider and is trying to manage its existing exposure to Gupta’s metals group....
...German financial regulator BaFin is also pushing a Greensill banking subsidiary to reduce its exposure to Gupta after probing the bank’s balance sheet and raising concerns around the level of risk connected...
...“We’re very genuine about putting on the table a draft JV term sheet,” Mr Palmer told the Financial Times ahead of meetings with leading shareholders in London....
...Smart reads Precarious metals Mike Nowak’s precious metals trading desk was a diamond fixture in JPMorgan’s crown, until one of his former employees turned on him and told US authorities about systemic...
...If successful, the project could offer US carmakers and battery producers a secure supply of the metal, reducing reliance on the handful of large producers in Chile and Australia....
...For bitcoin is even more volatile and unpredictable than the yellow metal....
...All those conditions have been in place for almost a year, observes Andrew Sheets, head of cross-asset strategy at the bank. Investor skittishness can be a healthy sign....
...Here’s Stifel: Under the terms of Indivior's settlement, a wholly-owned subsidiary, Solutions Inc. has pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement relating to health matters in 2012....
...Brent and metals are off 4 per cent or so. You know why....
...Roy Harvey, chief executive, said the company had been “reducing complexity, driving returns, and strengthening the balance sheet” to make Alcoa “a much stronger company even as commodity markets remain...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on March 19 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Kapor Klein wishes that balance sheets would take into account the impact of the investments on global problems....
...The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and shrinking its balance sheet, increasing the chance of divergences in the value of futures contracts and cash bonds....
...As part of the ATI-Tsingshan agreement, which is subject to regulatory approval, ATI will roll and further process the slabs into sheets....
...A hostile bid in 2004 for Novar, a printing, metals and building company, was thwarted when Honeywell emerged as a “white knight”....
...Mr Novachuk said the company was “committed to resuming dividends when we feel the balance sheet is strong enough.”...
...Last month Evolution Mining signed a joint venture deal with Menninnie Metals to explore in South Australia....
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