NEW DELHI: Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (KABIL), a joint venture of state-run miners, has inked India’s first overseas lithium exploration and mining deal involving five blocks in Argentina, setting off New Delhi’s overseas hunt for the critical mineral to loosen China’s stranglehold on a key element of energy transition.“The deal will help India strengthen lithium…
(Reuters) – Rescue operations were underway after eight people died and 15 missing following an accident, which occurred on Friday afternoon in a coal mine in the city of Pingdingshan, central China’s Henan Province, Xinhua News Agency reported. (Reporting by Rishav Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters. Source link
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The Congolese election commission said it had cancelled votes cast for 82 out of 101,000 candidates in legislative and local polls held in December for their involvement in alleged fraud and other issues that disrupted the general election. Those struck off include contenders for national, provincial and municipal assemblies, the results of…
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission is due on Sunday to release full provisional results from the Dec. 20 presidential election, which the opposition has demanded be re-run over widespread irregularities they say have enabled fraud. Logistical setbacks, an election day over-run, and an opaque vote-count have fuelled a dispute that threatens…
