Currently a minor player in the rare earth market, African mines have the potential to supply almost 10% of the world’s rare earth elements by 2029, thereby introducing alternative suppliers into a market currently dominated by China, according to a latest forecast by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. China’s current domination of the global market for rare […]
France has begun pulling out its troops from Niger after being ordered out of the West African nation by the military junta that ousted the pro-Paris president in a July coup, the military said Tuesday (10 October). “The first troops have left,” the spokesman of the French chief of staff said, confirming an earlier announcement […]
Egypt Tuesday expressed its desire to host the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) of the UNFCCC, next year. In a pre-recorded speech played in the World Leaders Summit on Climate Change on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, President al-Sisi said if Egypt hosts the COP 27 in 2022, it would […]
