China sucked in a record 4.67 million tonnes of refined copper last year, making it the single most important physical driver of the pandemic recovery rally.

Fitch forecasts Australian bauxite production growth to average 4% y-o-y in 2021, and Guinea's bauxite output to rise from 84.5mnt in 2021 to 133.8mnt in 2030.

The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index, a basket of nearly two dozen raw materials, surged to a 10-year high last week and is rapidly closing in on the record set in 2011.

The transaction is the second step in Sibanye-Stillwater’s battery metals strategy.

Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim is on the prowl for copper assets.

This year’s ranking, based on market capitalization as of July, features a number of new entrants.

The market may be left without production from a project that last year churned out 1.2 million tonnes.