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Fusion power using superconducting magnets: researchers are almost there

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Commonwealth Fusion Systems have partnered to advance a new generation of fusion experiments and power plants based on advances in high-temperature superconductors, which could help achieve the long-sought goal of producing fusion power. In a press release, the scientists and funders involved in […]

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These charts show just why copper price fundamentals are so strong

By analyst By Frik Els Image: Codelco via Flickr When Richard Adkerson, boss of Freeport-McMoRan, presented to the BMO Capital Markets conference in Florida last month he showed a slide headlined World class copper discoveries are extremely rare. Adkerson said the Phoenix-based company has been putting these graphs in investor slide decks “for years”. Only

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Anti-corruption body asks Rio for Oyu Tolgoi-related info

By analyst By Cecilia Jamasmie Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill Resources said Tuesday it had received an “information” request from the Mongolian Anti-Corruption Authority (ACA) to provide financial information. The petition relates to an investigation about possible abuse of power by authorized officials during negotiation of the 2009 Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement, the company said in

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