Gold price thrives in rate hike cycles Gold-futures speculators’ most-feared hobgoblin is Fed-rate-hike cycles. Adam Hamilton - Zeal Intelligence | February 18, 2022 | 9:49 am
Lithium prices rise on tight supply, strong China demand Chinese market participants were surprised that prices continued to rise rapidly after the recent Lunar New Year holidays. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 18, 2022 | 9:32 am
EMX reaches settlement with Barrick Gold over royalty payment dispute Pursuant to the settlement, Barrick will pay EMX subsidiary Bullion Monarch $25 million. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 18, 2022 | 9:15 am
Coal India warns it may need to cut output without a price hike While coal reserves at power plants have risen from a low in September, they are still only about a third of an April 2020 high. Bloomberg News | February 18, 2022 | 8:12 am
Belarusian potash force majeure adds to global fertilizer chaos The country accounts for about a fifth of global supply. Bloomberg News | February 18, 2022 | 8:01 am
China to boost commodity price supervision in push for industrial growth China's state planner will take steps to stabilise the commodity market and hasten construction of new infrastructure, it said on Friday. Reuters | February 18, 2022 | 7:52 am
Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner The mining state is looking to sell its 33% holding in CBL, Brazil’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 18, 2022 | 7:01 am
Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries Adamas Intelligence reports that 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by high nickel cathode chemistries. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 18, 2022 | 6:06 am
Mining People: Adventus, Highland Copper, Los Andes, McEwen Copper, OceanaGold, Pure Gold, Questex, Ucore Key moves in the mining sector. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 18, 2022 | 6:00 am
