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Nigeria has commissioned a new plant as part of efforts to process strategic metals locally.
Nigeria has opened the largest lithium processing plant in West Africa. This step is part of a broader strategy by African countries to process valuable metals on their own soil rather than exporting raw ore. This increases economic value and boosts local industry.
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Latvia exported goods worth 800.611 million euros to Russia and Belarus in the first eight months of 2026, according to the Central Statistical Bureau. That is 23.1% more than in the same period of 2025.
Apollo.lv · 2 h ago
Since the start of 2026 the Bank of Latvia has granted over 20 licences to financial technology firms. A workshop in Riga trained the investment agency's foreign representatives to attract more such companies to Latvia.
NRA · 4 h ago
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The group of airBaltic, Latvia's national airline, recorded a loss of €128.2 million in the first half of 2026. A year earlier the loss was €1.7 million.
Apollo.lv · 5 h ago