Copper price down on bets of big US rate hikes Fed Jerome Powell pledged that the US central bank would ratchet interest rates as high as needed to kill a surge in inflation. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 18, 2022 | 9:20 am
China’s metal exports storm higher to fill gap left by war China has already shipped out unusually large volumes of metals from aluminum, copper to zinc in March. Bloomberg News | May 18, 2022 | 8:15 am
How ‘weak sustainability’ helps miners contribute to the UN development goals Researchers suggest that mining companies should focus on achieving ambitious yet realistic sustainability targets. Staff Writer | May 18, 2022 | 6:06 am
Quality companies are investors’ best bet when valuations get low Investors should look at whether the junior companies they are interested in have enough cash in the bank, VRIC hears. Henry Lazenby | May 17, 2022 | 5:42 pm
Electric vehicles surpass phones as top driver of cobalt demand The EV sector consumed 59,000 tonnes of cobalt in 2021, or 34% of total demand, according to a report by the Cobalt Institute. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2022 | 9:03 am
Freeport expects copper leaching technology to go mainstream Prodded by rising copper prices and demand, Freeport and others have developed new ways to extract the red metal from piles of waste rock stored at mine sites. Reuters | May 17, 2022 | 8:47 am
Copper price rises on easing covid-19 restrictions in China Shanghai set out plans on Monday for ending the covid-19 lockdown that has lasted more than six weeks. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 17, 2022 | 8:26 am
Peru mining protests risk clogging $53 billion investment pipeline The government must defuse protests that are hitting the industry and denting production, analysts and executives said. Reuters | May 17, 2022 | 6:20 am
Horizons Copper ETF ready to trade on the TSX The Copper Producers Index ETF targets the copper mining industry by tracking the Solactive North American Listed Copper Producers Index. Henry Lazenby | May 16, 2022 | 1:35 pm