Tag: raw materials
“The rising wave of Chinese caviar is destabilizing the markets”
PSometimes, for the end of year celebrations, the gourmet is tempted by caviar at a bargain price in the supermarket. The sturgeon egg is then a flagship product on the…
“Sunshine for honey”
A hive of bees, in Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle (Eure), August 12, 2023. JOEL SAGET / AFP VShis year, the bees fought hard to fill the apiaries. The mild winter pushed them to…
Raw materials: “Gold hits a record”
In a gold refinery in Sydney (Australia), August 5, 2020. DAVID GRAY / AFP Qhen the fir trees sparkle, gold shines brightly. At the start of this month of festivities,…
In Alsace, the great hopes of geothermal lithium
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…
“Sunflower and Wheel of Fortune”
In Verfeil (Haute-Garonne), July 8, 2023. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP HAS At the end of the year, look at your profitability. An adage well known to cereal growers, who must…
“Voltage drop for lithium”
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…
World wine production at lowest level in sixty years
The harvest of white Albillo Real grapes, in the Las Moradas vineyard, had to start earlier this year, due to higher temperatures. In San Martin de Valdeiglesias, near Madrid, August…
France, in search of new markets, seeks to establish itself in Uzbekistan
Emmanuel Macron and the President of Uzbekistan, Chavkat Mirzioiëv, in Samarkand, November 2, 2023. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP Quite a symbol. Thursday, November 2, at the time of French President…
“Palladium has left the podium”
Palladium ingots are heated in a crucible before mechanical processing at the Krastsvetmet factory in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, January 31, 2023. ALEXANDER MANZYUK / REUTERS GWhen blown with helium, palladium has…
Kazakh mining resources arouse desire
Scandium, Lanthanum, cerium… Essential to the energy transition, rare earths are the oil of tomorrow. Since the West opened its eyes to its excessive dependence on China in this area,…
In Greece, the price of olive oil soars, consumers panic
LETTER FROM ATHENS An olive oil factory in the village of Madena (Greece), December 15, 2020. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS / AFP In his food packaging company located in the suburbs of…
“Cocoa takes down the coconut tree”
A young farmer dries cocoa beans, in Daloa (Ivory Coast), October 2, 2023. ANGEL ABOA / REUTERS HASWhen the papillotes wrapped in their golden paper are already making their entrance…