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Top 50 mining companies in 2022: coal, lithium win big, China investors lose out

Commodity prices are always volatile, but in 2022 metal and mining markets reached new levels of turbulence, as the pandemic played out in China and the Ukraine war upended global energy.

Frik Els | January 9, 2023 | 11:16 am

Nickel market faces new shock as ‘Big Shot’ boosts metal output

The billionaire at the center of last year’s nickel short…

Bloomberg News | January 9, 2023 | 10:10 am

Copper price at over 6-month peak as China reopens border

Mainland China opened sea and land crossings with Hong Kong and ended…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 9, 2023 | 7:48 am

Chinese lithium miner sees prices down 25% in balm for EV makers

Prices have already softened after a spectacular two-year rally.

Bloomberg News | January 9, 2023 | 7:08 am

Central bank gold buying continues in November as China joins the foray — report

Central banks bought a further 50 tonnes on a net…

Staff Writer | January 9, 2023 | 6:00 am

Apple’s talks with Chinese battery makers mostly stalled

CATL and BYD informed Apple sometime in the past two months that they were not able to meet its requirements.

Reuters | October 22, 2021 | 10:23 am

Zijin opens Serbia’s largest copper mine

The Cukaru Peki upper zone of the Timok copper and gold project is part of Serbia's only copper mining complex.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 22, 2021 | 8:15 am

Shanghai aluminum at over 1-month low as coal prices drop

China’s thermal coal futures plunged and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest intervention in years to boost supply and cool runaway prices.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 22, 2021 | 8:00 am