South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd. and its battery unit LG Energy Solution agreed to buy 20,000 tonnes of battery-grade nickel from Li-Cycle over 10 years starting in 2023 as part of a deal that includes a $50 million investment in the

The Asian country controls a third of the $46 billion market for electric vehicle batteries.

Rising adoption of battery-powered transport and the further development of vehicle-to-grid, or V2G, systems -- which allow the two-way flow of electricity -- could offer a potentially better option to store renewable energy.

Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire.

China's demand for imported bauxite is set to increase by around 20% to 132 million tonnes in 2022.

In the past two weeks, two other Chinese companies have both announced plans to produce 40,000 tonnes per year of matte in Indonesia.

India consumed 446.4 tons of gold in 2020 and purchases were about 360 tons in the first nine months of this year, WGC data shows.

The insurer completed the entire sale of directly-managed equity and fixed income portfolios in October, seven years ahead of its original target.