International

OPEC+ Cartel’s Grip on Oil Market Loosening

Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for OPEC+ to continue to prop up prices, the IEA said on Thursday. The OPEC+ cartel, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has been restraining production to maintain prices but the latter have recently slumped due to …

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China’s Plan for Flooding the Market with Cobalt

Chinese mining companies have sharply increased their cobalt output in Congo as they seek to expand their market share, putting further pressure on a commodity whose price has badly tanked. Cobalt is widely used in the electric vehicle sector whereby it’s combined with nickel to produce higher energy density in …

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