China link threatens Australian cobalt miner's US plans
The story of a small Australian cobalt miner that ties ex-Glencore executives to the US-China trade war, electric cars and a horse-riding ex-governor of Idaho.
Washington | US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin is being pressed to investigate Melbourne-based Jervois Mining for any links to China that would disqualify the cobalt miner's planned acquisition of an Idaho project.
Former Idaho governor Butch Otter is demanding an investigation into a proposed merger between Jervois and Vancouver-based eCobalt Solutions because it could link Chinese money to the only known cobalt deposit in the US.
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