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...Evy Hambro, global head of thematic and sector-based investing at the US group, said funding needed to flow into the industry to ensure an adequate supply of materials for products from wind turbines to...
...Africa’s second-largest copper producer defaulted on $17bn of debt in 2020....
...It can take decades for a copper mine to move from approval to production, for example. Commodity ETPs include gold products, and broad-based funds often have a large exposure to the precious metal....
...Apple products, from iPhones to MacBooks, are mostly assembled in China....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on August 25 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The country’s imports of unwrought copper and products rose 9.8 per cent during the January-April period compared with a year earlier....
...Another product worth watching is from Global Palladium Fund, which has just launched — in Italy — the first physically backed ETC focused on the key metals used in electric vehicles such as copper, palladium...
...An electric car uses two and a half to three times more copper than an internal combustion car....
...So it is striking that the Connecticut-based group, which has made oodles of cash by tracking issues such as gross domestic product and debt, has just seen fit to issue its first in-depth report to clients...
...PSL Ventures, Jack Brody of Snap Inc, Mana Ventures and Western Technology Investment There are lots of fintechs out there — what makes you so special?...
...The recent focus on ESG products and ratings may hurt some important companies and inspire a level of confidence in some stocks that is unjustified given current uncertainties....
...“We are copper producers and don’t even know what we would have bought from them,” the chief executive of one of the companies said....
...Joe Creed, vice-president of Caterpillar’s oil and gas and marine division, said the move “will expand our offerings to one of the broadest product lines in the well service industry”....
...Should a ban affect Nike’s shoes, the blow could not come at a better time for Asics as the Kobe-based company prepares to make the most of its expensive sponsorship of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics....
...The EU has restarted an investigation into the tie-up between aircraft makers Embraer and Boeing over concerns that the deal could reduce competition on prices or product development....
...Glencore said it produced cobalt as a byproduct of industrial copper operations and did not purchase, process or produce any artisanally mined cobalt ore....
...(FT) Congo copper rush Robert Friedland helped discover two of the world’s largest mines. Now he believes he has found a third: a $10bn untapped copper deposit in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
...“What we must not do is decrease what I call rugby [gross domestic product],” said the JRFU’s Mr Iwabuchi....
...UK LFL sales growth was +3.9% ex splits (+3.0% 3Q) and +2.6% inc splits (+1.4% 3Q). RoI LFL sales growth was -1.0% ex splits and -2.4% inc splits....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on September 16 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...None of the string of Japan Inc scandals since 2017 has been linked to any reports of safety problems....
...Kobe Steel declined to comment on the report....
...The management reshuffle on Friday, which also involved the resignation of the head of the company’s aluminium and copper division and executive pay cuts, coincided with the release of the results of an...
...The admission by Kobe Steel also sparked wider concerns about the reliability of inspection and quality controls of Japan Inc with other big manufacturers — including Nissan Motor, Subaru, Toray Industries...
...The scandal quickly spread across other metals divisions and products, ultimately affecting more than 500 companies, including well-known multinationals, that use Kobe Steel materials in their own products...
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