2023-12-06 16:43:22 In the Rittershoffen deep geothermal power plant (Bas-Rhin), where a direct geothermal lithium extraction unit was installed, December 5, 2023. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP A borehole lost in the middle of agricultural fields. “White gold” next to the rows of corn or wheat. A distracted walker would struggle to distinguish a geothermal lithium … Read more
2023-12-06 15:48:06 Published on December 6, 2023 at 4:48 p.m. / Modified on December 6, 2023 at 4:49 p.m. A country known to be corrupt, Angola, a risky sector, oil, and a firm specializing in raw materials trading, Trafigura: these are the ingredients that make up the trial which will be held at the Federal … Read more
2023-12-02 10:30:12 In Verfeil (Haute-Garonne), July 8, 2023. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP A At the end of the year, look at your profitability. An adage well known to cereal growers, who must roll the dice again. What to plant in spring? Barley, corn, rapeseed, sunflower, beets…? And in what quantity? You have to know how … Read more
2023-11-25 04:43:27 LThe white gold of the Rhine… A highly coveted vein. On both banks of the river, companies bring the extraction of precious lithium to music. Car manufacturers, such as Stellantis and Renault, are listening closely. They are ready to applaud the emergence of a new source of supply of this so-called critical metal. … Read more
2023-11-22 10:17:41 Harvesting cocoa pods on a plantation in the village of Hermankono, in the south of Ivory Coast, on November 14, 2023. SIA KAMBOU / AFP “In the thirty years that I have been in cocoa, this is the worst season. » In the south of the Ivory Coast, Siaka Sylla gazes in disappointment … Read more
2023-11-21 23:10:00 Global corn production forecasts for the year have been revised upwards. A trend which reassures the market and pushes prices down, on the international market, but also on the African continent. Between its October and November assessments, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), whose monthly statistics are the reference, revised corn production upwards … Read more