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Richard Roberts

  • Editor-in-Chief, InvestMETS
  • Managing Editor, HighGrade
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Skycatch founder hails ‘beginning of a much bigger chapter’

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By Richard Roberts
| InvestMETS
Construction and mining machinery giant Caterpillar has acquired California drone and geospatial data company Skycatch without disclosing the price. Skycatch raised about US$75 million of private funding from its formation in 2013 including a significant 2017 round led by major Caterpillar rival Komatsu. Caterpillar’s acquisition of Skycatch follows its recent $736 million purchase of Australian mining software company RPMGlobal.
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EACON debut signals mining autonomy shift

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By Richard Roberts
| InvestMETS
Welcome to mining autonomy 2.0. Not the technology shift, the investment shift. The new paradigm is being led by imminent Hong Kong listing, EACON Group Co, the 2018 start-up threatening to turn the industry’s mobile automation foot race into a sprint. EACON’s Hong Kong initial public offering has raised at least US$263 million and the 2018 start-up will start trading on the $6 trillion market in the morning.
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Italy’s Eni invests in Chile lithium project

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By Richard Roberts
| InvestMETS
US-based EnergyX has secured US$225 million of project equity funding for its proposed circa-$1 billion Black Giant lithium venture in Chile’s Antofagasta region, adding Italian energy company Eni’s investment to the $690 million US Export-Import Bank financing commitment announced last year. EnergyX, also advancing Smackover basin direct lithium extraction (DLE) projects in the US, says Eni is acquiring 25% of Black Giant and getting rights to buy up to 25% of future lithium output.
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