Tag: raw materials
The price of oil rises to over 95 dollars
Oil production in Russia The country has cut its production volume and thus reduced supply on world markets. (Photo: dpa) Singapore Oil prices are approaching $100. On Tuesday morning, a…
Uranium prices at their highest level since the Fukushima disaster
Uranium ore mining in Niger Geopolitical risks are putting a strain on the supply of the energy raw material. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich The price of uranium has reached its highest…
Why China Won’t Respond Harder to US Attacks
Munich Only one week left until Chinese manufacturers have to apply for a license to export gallium and germanium. The government in Beijing announced this. Western chip companies could then…
Can we save the climate with raw materials from the sea?
deep sea mining Humans versus animals: The oceans are full of raw materials, but is that also environmentally friendly? (Photo: Seatools, Getty Images) Berlin Casper has an impressive patience. The…
Commodity conflict between the USA and China escalates – Yellen should mediate
Washington The trip to China by US Treasury Department Janet Yellen was actually supposed to start on a positive note. She is visiting Beijing this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, where…
Russia cuts oil production, Saudi Arabia extends cuts
Oil production in Russia A deep pump is located near the town of Usinsk, 1,500 kilometers north-east of Moscow. (Photo: dpa) Saudi Arabia extends its unilateral oil production cut by…
Russia cuts oil production, Saudi Arabia extends cuts
Oil production in Russia A deep pump is located near the town of Usinsk, 1,500 kilometers north-east of Moscow. (Photo: dpa) To support oil prices, Russia will cut oil exports…
Chemical company wants to become number one in battery material
New BASF plant in Schwarzheide The company aims to become the world’s leading cathode supplier in the booming electric car battery business. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf In Schwarzheide north of Dresden,…
fund could still come
Berlin Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) apparently longs for France. The reason: His French counterpart Bruno Le Maire is not only economics but also finance minister. France has just launched…
Manufacturers warn of global lithium shortages
Lithium mine in the Chilean Atacama desert Extraction of the raw material is not growing as fast as the production of electric cars. (Photo: AP) Las Vegas According to lithium…
Nickel Crisis Showdown in London
Paul Singer, founder and CEO of hedge fund Elliott Investment Management Paul Singer accuses the metal exchange LME that the market intervention was unjustified and unfair. (Photo: Reuters) London A…
China controls a third of the world’s lithium reserves
Lithium production in the Atacama Desert in Chile Lithium is mainly used for batteries and is therefore currently in high demand worldwide. (Photo: dpa) Beijing, Buenos Aires China is driving…
Investor interest in silver weakens
Silver bars are not in demand everywhere While physical investments in silver have been popular over the past year, interest from institutional investors has waned. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Institutional investors…
Raw materials from the deep sea are necessary for the fight against climate protection
deep sea mining Humans versus animals: The oceans are full of raw materials, but is that also environmentally friendly? (Photo: Seatools, Getty Images) Berlin Casper has an impressive patience. The…
Raw materials and energy from space
Dusseldorf The countdown is on: Mankind is in a new race for the best places in the near-Earth Universe. Above all, the big yellow ball in the night sky promises…
How renewable resources are replacing petroleum
Dusseldorf Anyone who drives past huge chemical plants on the Autobahn between Cologne and Bonn would have no idea: old chip fat is being processed here, possibly from your last…
US oil giant Exxon increases quarterly profit sharply
Exxon gas station in Brooklyn, New York City Exxon’s sales shrank by around four percent to $86.6 billion. (Photo: Reuters) new York The big US oil companies Exxon Mobil and…
Raw material deposits in international waters – Who is struggling for deep-sea mining
Berlin The Pacific island nation of Nauru has only around 11,000 inhabitants. But it could trigger an earthquake that would fundamentally change not only the sea, the largest ecosystem on…
Inviting: Indonesia courts investors
Good morning, dear readers, In the opening speech at the Hanover Fair yesterday evening, Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to finally put his words into action: “A lot has been left…
Oil price could rise towards $100 – Opec plus shocks markets
oil production According to one analyst, the cut in oil production could cause the price of oil to rise by $10 a barrel. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The production cuts by…