Copper price down, pressured by stronger dollar “China has been a primary source of demand for base metals since 2003, but we think this trend has started to come to an end,” economist says. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 4, 2022 | 2:40 am
EV battery costs set to rise in 2022 as lithium price extends gains Prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China jumped this year to a record high. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 3, 2022 | 10:31 am
Gold price extends loss with bond yields, equities rallying UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo said rising US interest rates and declining inflation over the course of 2022 could weigh on gold. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 3, 2022 | 9:41 am
Ucore, Innovation Metals’ rare earths processing plant expected in Q1 2022 The plant is located in Kingston, Ontario. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 2, 2022 | 1:14 pm
Brazil secures $21m in mining land auction This was the fifth round of a larger tender process and it involved a total of 4,500 tenements of which 1,123 were purchased in the public offering stage. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 31, 2021 | 11:42 am
Copper price rises as China’s factory activity accelerates China's factory activity unexpectedly accelerated in December, according to an official survey released on Friday. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 31, 2021 | 10:29 am
Gold price set for worst year since 2015 Gold is poised to end 2021 the same way it spent much of the year. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 31, 2021 | 9:14 am
Agnico Eagle shares drop as covid-19 cases rise in Nunavut There have been a total of 13 tentative cases at its Meliadine, Meadowbank and Hope Bay operations since December 18. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 31, 2021 | 6:47 am