A leftist alliance and the party of President Emmanuel Macron withdrew almost all their third-place candidates in an attempt to impede Marine Le Pen’s party.
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- Lithium prices are plumbing multiyear lows in a market awash with the battery material, and it is unlikely they have hit bottom yet.
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