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Demand for low-carbon metals heats up

Resilinc

This is due to their importance for manufacturing advanced batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines and other green technology, and because of the extent to which China, Russia, and countries with poor ESG regulations—like the Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest source of cobalt—dominate mining and production of these materials.

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The need to know

EFT

FedEx shares fall as trade turbulence hits demand, profit forecast FedEx (FDX.N) on Wednesday after the parcel delivery giant forecast first-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates and withheld its outlook for the year, citing uncertainty around U.S. shares fell as much as 5.8% President Donald Trump's trade policy.