JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 11 -- The Minerals Council South Africa issued the following news release: South Africa's exported bulk mineral tonnages dropped to their lowest level since the Covid-19 lockdown in the first half of 2020, with rail, port and border constraints negatively affecting users of these state-owned services, causing exporters and the country to miss the full benefits of the current high commodity price cycle. The constraints on exports of coal, chrome, iron ore and ma  more

LOS ANGELES, California, June 11 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on June 10, 2022, at Port of Los Angeles on inflation and actions taken to lower prices and address supply chain challenges: * * * THE PRESIDENT: As we used to say in the United States Senate, I hope you'll excuse a point of personal privilege, but I think that Sal must be related closely to my good friend from Holy Rosary High School in Claymont, Mike DiCostanzo (ph). (Laughter.) You think I'm kidding. (Laughs.)   more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, June 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: The Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) at the University of Kansas has been awarded $1.5 million dollars for a two-year project to study the feasibility of recovering minerals critical to advanced and defense manufacturing as well as the clean energy industry from coal deposits, associated rock layers and legacy mining wastes found in Kansas and neighboring states. Critical minerals are defined as raw materi  more