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The future is copper: insights into the metal’s pivotal role in global growth and sustainability

The metal is poised not just as a material of historical significance but as a pivotal element in driving forward the next phase of economic and technological progress.

Frank Holmes - U.S. Global Investors | February 5, 2024 | 4:07 pm

China’s copper plants consider cuts after years of breakneck growth

Stung by disappearing profits, the country’s top industry body last…

Bloomberg News | February 5, 2024 | 9:56 am

South African platinum industry could shed up to 7,000 jobs to cut costs

South African PGM miners, home to around 70% of global…

Reuters | February 5, 2024 | 7:04 am

Zambia to start trading its own copper, competing with Glencore

The government will directly buy and sell a portion of…

Bloomberg News | February 5, 2024 | 7:01 am

Rare earths prices seen rebounding in second half of 2024 – analysts

Prices surged to their highest in a decade in 2022…

Reuters | February 5, 2024 | 6:57 am

Fortescue founder toys with reverse greenwashing

Guy Debelle resigned from the board of Fortescue’s green energy, continuing the run of abrupt departures by executives at the miner.

Reuters | September 1, 2023 | 8:01 am

Vedanta lobbied to weaken environmental regulations during pandemic – report

Vedanta's oil business, Cairn India, also successfully lobbied to have public hearings scrapped, an OCCRP report says.

Reuters | August 31, 2023 | 4:12 pm

Taliban says it signed mining deals worth over $6.5 billion

According to AP, the contracts are with locally based companies, many of whom have foreign partners in countries including China, Iran, and Turkey.

Jackson Chen | August 31, 2023 | 3:38 pm

Europe’s top copper producer Aurubis hit by huge metals scam

The company said related damages might be in the low, three-digit-million-euro range.

Bloomberg News | August 31, 2023 | 10:22 am

The biggest fossil fuel subsidies are indirect, and bigger than ever

The IMF calculated that just over $7 trillion in subsidies went to fossil fuels last year.

Bloomberg News | August 31, 2023 | 8:16 am

Coal miners forced to save for a rainy day by insurance snub

Some coal producers are having to set aside tens of millions of dollars to cover their own risks as they are cut adrift by insurers.

Reuters | August 31, 2023 | 7:41 am

Impala boss says speed of palladium and rhodium price falls was a surprise

Rhodium has dropped more than two thirds in 2023 so far, while palladium is down 31% this year.

Reuters | August 31, 2023 | 7:31 am

Lithium revival a dead cat bounce as prices slump to 20-month low

Sales-weighted worldwide prices for lithium the lowest since December 2021 as weakness in China is exported elsewhere.

Frik Els | August 30, 2023 | 2:58 pm

India asks US to release funds frozen over suspected Russia diamond link – sources

India has asked the US to release $26 million belonging to at least two Indian diamond firms frozen due to their alleged trade links with Alrosa.

Reuters | August 30, 2023 | 8:28 am

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