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Chinese unicorn claims breakthrough with all-weather EV battery

Greater Bay Technology claims to have overcome one of the key sticking points for EV owners — the loss of power capability and range in cold climates.

Bloomberg News | June 6, 2023 | 8:51 am

Iron ore price extends gains on China stimulus bets

Regulators were considering a package of measures including further relaxing…

Reuters | June 5, 2023 | 9:27 am

Global copper smelting bounces in May on Chinese strength

Smelting activity in the rest of the world, however, was…

Reuters | June 5, 2023 | 9:21 am

China’s EV battery sector is preparing a new breakthrough

Gotion High-Tech Co. recently unveiled a lithium-iron-manganese-phosphate battery.

Bloomberg News | June 5, 2023 | 9:17 am

China is drilling a 10,000-meter-deep hole into the Earth

Drilling for what is set to be China’s deepest ever…

Bloomberg News | June 2, 2023 | 12:00 pm

Tycoon behind nickel’s big short has power to fuel more drama

Massive short positions held by Tsingshan have gone disastrously awry over the past few days.

Bloomberg News | March 10, 2022 | 10:26 am

Iron ore price retreats while BofA sees risk of market deficit in 2022

Bank of America said prices at $150 a tonne are justifiable at present.

Staff Writer | March 10, 2022 | 10:25 am

Nickel, the devil’s metal with a history of bad behaviour

The global nickel market is in a pricing black-out, writes Andy Home.

Reuters | March 10, 2022 | 8:24 am

How ‘leaky waves’ from ambient noise can reveal what lies underneath earth’s surface

Researchers have improved the way of studying the geologic structures beneath earth's surface by using ambient noise.

Staff Writer | March 10, 2022 | 6:06 am

Nickel price spike “purely financial” but Tsingshan effect could linger

Nickel price plunges in Shanghai following historic short squeeze on Chinese stainless steel giant in London.

Staff Writer | March 9, 2022 | 10:57 am

China’s coal mine safety problem is back at the worst time

A spate of deadly coal mining accidents to start the year is raising the specter of output-dampening safety checks in China just as global supply is tightening.

Bloomberg News | March 8, 2022 | 8:32 pm

Nickel short seller could take $8 billion hit after price soars past $100,000 a tonne

A massive squeeze pushed nickel prices up by as much as 250%, the most extraordinary surge in the 145-year history of the LME.

MINING.com Editor | March 8, 2022 | 4:07 am

Ukraine invasion sets back Musk’s dream for cheaper EVs, for now

Rising prices of nickel, lithium and other materials threaten to slow and even temporarily reverse the long-term trend of falling costs of batteries.

Reuters | March 7, 2022 | 8:03 am

How much could battery recycling actually aid cobalt, lithium supply shortages?

IDTechEx estimates that a combined total of 180,000 tonnes of lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese could be recovered by 2030 through Li-ion recycling.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 6, 2022 | 10:24 am

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