The mining industry is heavily dependent on a skilled workforce working onsite at remote locations, and during the pandemic Fly-in-Fly Out workers have faced significant challenges.
EV Metal Index jumps 245% YTD, boosted by rising sales of cars like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and Audi e-tron Quattro with high-nickel, cobalt batteries.
Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.