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    The plans are subject to approval by the board of directors in mid-2026, alongside additional investments for infrastructure and port terminal development

    Ferro-tungsten prices in Europe soar to a two-year high driven by increased demand, triggered by rising prices of tungsten concentrates in China

    The Chilean government is pushing ahead with plans for a new copper smelter despite the global smelting crisis, Chile’s minister of mining, Aurora Williams told Fastmarkets, adding that the state will also play a key role in developing the country’s premium lithium assets

    Argentina is on track to regain its position as the largest soy meal exporter in 2023-2024, with its soybean crop  – which has nearly doubled in size – starting to be harvested, but the country faces increasing competition from Brazil and the US for global market share, Fastmarkets understands.

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    A market shift in focus from soy meal to oil is affecting the cost of feed

    Fastmarkets experts share lithium forecasts, data and interactive price charts to demonstrate the ever-changing battery materials landscape and make some key predictions for the future of the lithium market

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