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The geopolitics of green minerals
Politics tamfitronics 10 July 2024By Jakob Feveile Adolfsen, Danielle Kedan and Marie-Sophie LappeThe green transition will significantly increase demand for key minerals over the coming decades. The impact on energy prices will ultimately depend on how supply adjusts. The ECB Blog looks at the geopolitical risks involved. The green transition relies on certain key minerals, in particular lithium, copper, nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite. Assuming that the transition takes place in accordance with the Paris Agreement, demand for these key inputs will almost quadruple by 2040. The impact on energy prices will depend on how supply adjusts. Ensuring the necessary supply of these “green minerals” is therefore vital.Russia’s attack on Ukraine illustrated how geopolitical developments can significantly affect commodity markets and inflation. IMF research confirms this and underlines that geopolitical fragmentation might disrupt the...
Mandryk: Sask. Party was wise to move away from Crown privatization
Politics tamfitronics While politics is bolstering Sask. Party re-election bid, it avoidance of past Crown corporation politics that's bolstered its longevity. Get the latest from Murray Mandryk straight to your inbox Published Jul 10, 2024 • Last updated 18 hours ago • 3 minute readKeeping utility Crowns like SaskPower in public hands may be one of the wisest political moves this government has made. Photo by BRANDON HARDER /Regina Leader-PostThere was a little politics at the SaskPower annual report news conference on Tuesday, but maybe not as much as one might have expected.After all, we live in a time when every government-related announcement seems tinged with politics.And seldom in the history of our “family of Crown corporations” — some of you might be old enough to remember the politics swirling around former NDP premier Allan...
Pizza Hero is Vampire Survivors with toppings as upgrades, and it’s free on Steam for a limited time
Lifestyle Image credit: Astro Hound As a quick glance at my Papa John's account will tell you, I’ve enough of an addictive personality that I’ve consciously avoided Vampire Survivors and its -likes, in the fear that the carefully balanced professionalisation of my dedicated goblin lifestyle will tip over the edge. As such, I don’t have enough experience to tell you whether the currently free Pizza Hero is an especially interesting or innovative riff on the...
