Column: Nickel’s electric dreams turn into a pricing nightmare

The Future Minerals Forum recently heard Saudi Arabia is looking to invest its massive capital potential to not only develop its industry, from exploration to downstream battery metal processing.

The bill is the latest in a string of U.S. legislation seeking to thwart China's near control over the sector.

The drop came despite a surprise easing of monetary policy by the Chinese central bank.

Copper’s fall from grace among fund players is clear to see in sliding volumes across all three major trading venues, writes Andy Home.

With electric cars accounting for about one in every five automobile sales last month, China’s EV market is entering a maturation phase.

The world's biggest coal miner and consumer, produced 384.67 million tonnes of the fossil fuel last month, up 7.2% year-on-year.

China’s iron ore imports dropped in 2021, down 4.3% from the previous year’s record annual high, as steel production curbs dented demand.

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products for the year totalled 5.53 million tonnes, down 17.2% from 2020's record volume of 6.68 million tonnes.

Steel production curbs imposed to combat pollution dented demand and pulled prices of the key steelmaking material off historical highs.