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SQM Strikes Lithium Deal With State-Run Miner Codelco
29Dec By adminNo Comments
World

SQM Strikes Lithium Deal With State-Run Miner Codelco

Chilean lithium company SQM has reached an agreement with state-run miner Codelco to jointly produce the key energy-transition metal that abounds in the country’s desert salt flats.Under the deal, Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile and the National Copper Corporation of Chile, as Codelco is formally known, would form a new company to develop lithium in the Salar de Atacama from 2025 to 2060, they said in a statement Wednesday.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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SQM Strikes Lithium Deal With State-Run Miner Codelco
28Dec By adminNo Comments
World

SQM Strikes Lithium Deal With State-Run Miner Codelco

Chilean lithium company SQM has reached an agreement with state-run miner Codelco to jointly produce the key energy-transition metal that abounds in the country’s desert salt flats.Under the deal, Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile and the National Copper Corporation of Chile, as Codelco is formally known, would form a new company to develop lithium in the Salar de Atacama from 2025 to 2060, they said in a statement Wednesday.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Bayer CEO Says Breakup Wouldn’t Fix All of the Company’s Ills
25Nov By adminNo Comments
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Bayer CEO Says Breakup Wouldn’t Fix All of the Company’s Ills

BERLIN—Bayer Chief Executive Bill Anderson said the company would bounce back quickly from a recent spate of bad news, and warned that a breakup of the pharmaceutical and agricultural company was no universal cure for its ailments.A stream of negative news has rekindled calls from investors for Bayer to unlock value by spinning off its units into separate businesses. But in an interview with The Wall Street Journal this week, Anderson said the company couldn’t be distracted from the tough restructuring to fix the businesses.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Bayer Told to Pay $1.56 Billion After Losing Roundup Case
18Nov By adminNo Comments
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Bayer Told to Pay $1.56 Billion After Losing Roundup Case

Bayer faces a payout of $1.56 billion after a Missouri jury found in favor of three people who blamed its popular Roundup weedkiller for causing their cancers.The ruling is the fourth in a row to go against Bayer during a roller-coaster five-year legal battle over Roundup, the world’s most popular weedkiller, that included nine straight victories for the company, as well as earlier losses. The cases represent tens of thousands of claims from farmers and gardeners.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Stocks Sink After Being Yanked by Powell Comments
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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Stocks Sink After Being Yanked by Powell Comments

Stocks ultimately sank Thursday after being whipsawed by remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Powell’s comments jostled markets as investors were weighing bond yields’ ascent toward 5%, the continuing conflict between Israel and Hamas, and the influx of corporate earnings results from the third quarter. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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