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↺9½h 3M Company2.1% beat 🟢

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 Chemicals & Raw Materials
35m ago: U.S.-Australia Critical Minerals Framework one-year anniversary; EximBank >$2.2B Letters of Interest. Multilateral banks new critical minerals framework for processing/refining in developing nations. Mining in Motion 2026 summit in Accra on African domestic processing. Missouri emerging as U.S. critical minerals processing hub. Project Vault up to $1B loans for U.S. mineral supply chains. Focus on value-added refining and supply chain resilience.

 Chemours and Local Officials Take Action to Protect Refrigerant Intellectual Property at Chillventa  - Press Release Chemours and Local Officials Take Action to Protect Refrigerant Intellectual Property at Chillventa Action reflects Chemours' commitment to innovation, intellectual property protection, our customers, and fair competition in the refrigerants industry.

 BASF announces EPA approval of Ridivex herbicide, a new all-in-one standard for post-emerge weed control in corn  - Ridivex ™ herbicide has received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration and is planned to be available in 2027. Ridivex herbicide is currently not for sale and BASF is not accepting orders at this time.

 Planning Gove’s next chapter together  - We’re working towards a responsible transition from mining, centred around Traditional Owners, community and partnership

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 Media Alert: Low-level Flights to Image Geology over Eastern Oregon  - RESTON, Va. – Low-level helicopter flights will begin in October over eastern Oregon to image geology using airborne geophysical technology.

 Staff at Mexico's Pemex face layoffs, demotions  - Mexico City, 20 October (Argus) — Mexico's state-owned Pemex has resumed a restructuring drive that is eliminating dozens of jobs and lowering the grades and pay of other employees at its executive tower in Mexico City and across several departments nationwide, multiple sources say. The measures affect...

 BHP Operational review for the quarter ended 30 September 2026  - BHP Operational review for the quarter ended 30 September 2026

 San Manuel creating new life for an Arizona copper icon  - Across North America, BHP's Legacy Assets team cares for more than two dozen former mine sites in Canada and the United States.

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 US seeking to re-open shuttered oil refineries  - Houston, 20 October (Argus) — The US is looking at "some opportunities" to help re-open refineries that have been shut within the past decade, secretary of energy Chris Wright said today. The administration is engaging with every refinery that has been shut in the last 10 years "to find what's the most...

 Psychiatric Drug Discovery: New Targets, Mechanisms, and Opportunities  - Treating mental health disorders has involved the same approach for nearly 70 years. Now, researchers are exploring new biological pathways and different potential drug compounds to better address conditions like depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.

 3M Reports Third-Quarter 2026 Results; Raises Full-Year EPS Guidance  - Q3 GAAP sales of $6.6 billion, up 1.0%; operating margin of 23.7%, up 150 bps; EPS of $2.63, up 70%, all YoY Adjusted sales of $6.6 billion with organic growth of 3.3% YoY Adjusted operating...

 NovaAir inaugurates liquid air separation unit in Greater Kuala Lumpur  - NovaAir Industrial Gases Sdn. Bhd. (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), the Malaysian subsidiary of Yingde Gases Group Co. Ltd. (Shanghai), has inaugurated its 300-ton-per-day Kuala Lumpur (KUL) liquid air separation unit (ASU) at UMW High-Value Manufacturing Park in Greater Kuala Lumpur, strengthening…

 3M announces collaboration with GSEO to advance Expanded Beam Optical manufacturing and development  - 3M (NYSE: MMM) today announced a collaboration with Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd. (GSEO, Taiwan: 3406), an optical technology company, to advance technology development and manufacturing for...