At the Africa Raw Materials Summit in Abuja, Nigeria’s innovation minister called for science, technology and partnerships to turn more of Africa’s raw materials into products made on the continent.
Source: Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation
The EU agency CINEA invited Neo Performance Materials to prepare a grant agreement for a planned rare-earth separation, metal and magnet-making expansion in Estonia.
Australia’s New South Wales state said it would introduce legislation tied to a jobs guarantee for workers at MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine. The bill would authorise annual production of 16.5 million tonnes through 2032.
Miner South32 reported an 11% year-on-year increase in Sierra Gorda copper-equivalent production and a 14% rise in manganese output in the first quarter of FY2027. It kept annual production guidance unchanged across operations.
US producer Steel Dynamics reported third-quarter 2026 net sales of $6.5 billion and net income of $756 million. Steel shipments set a record in the tons unit used in the company’s US reporting as it continued commissioning its aluminum operations.
Researchers in Egypt prepared activated carbon from date seeds collected in Qena and measured its electrochemical properties in a laboratory three-electrode setup.
OPEC said ministers from OPEC and partner producers met in Riyadh on 12 October alongside the International Energy Forum and World Petroleum Congress. They said disruptions to energy flows had pushed shipping and insurance above one-third of commodity value, hindering timely movement of crude and products.
Source: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
An October 9 preprint from Los Alamos and Iowa State uses atomistic simulations to study how dislocations form facets along twin boundaries in beta-tin.
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