The company agreed to invest $50 million to help decarbonise operations at its zinc refinery in Australia.

Growing demand should promote investments in tin production, resulting in a slight price decrease.

Extraction at BHP's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, fell by 11.6% year-on-year to 80,300 tonnes in November. In 2021 through November, the mine recorded a 14.5% drop.

The country's Constitutional Court upheld a lower court ruling cancelling the environmental permit for the Rio Magdalena project, which covers most of the Los Cedros natural reserve.

“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.

Prices for battery-grade lithium carbonate in China jumped this year to a record high.

China's factory activity unexpectedly accelerated in December, according to an official survey released on Friday.