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Value of battery metals in newly-sold EVs tripled on rampant lithium, nickel prices

MINING.COM’s EV Metal Index surged to just under $27 billion in 2022 thanks to surging lithium and nickel prices, but January saw a 50% month-on-month drop.

Frik Els | March 28, 2023 | 2:01 pm

Copper price rises as banking worries ease

Regional US lender First Citizens BancShares scooped up the assets…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 8:41 am

Biden tees up a supply chain rethink with challenge to China’s EVs

Ford confirmed last month that it will tap technology from…

Bloomberg News | March 28, 2023 | 7:32 am

Researchers closer to understanding how orogenic gold belts are formed

Chinese scientists are proposing the idea that lithospheric crust-mantle decoupling…

Staff Writer | March 28, 2023 | 6:12 am

BHP to trial carbon capture with Chinese steel firm HBIS

Project will develop and test technologies that can be integrated…

Reuters | March 27, 2023 | 5:30 am

Zijin Mining to produce copper at Buritica gold mine

China’s No.1 gold producer plans to boost the capacity of its Colombian gold mine to produce copper and zinc.

Cecilia Jamasmie | November 17, 2021 | 7:13 am

Copper logjam in Chinese ports shows lingering pandemic snarls

Ships able to carry about 370,000 tonnes of semi-processed concentrates from Chile and Peru are waiting to be unloaded, IHS Markit data show.

Bloomberg News | November 16, 2021 | 10:49 am

Miners’ decarbonization strategies may strengthen their business profiles – report

According to Fitch Ratings, the commodity price rally is pushing companies to rebalance their capital allocation towards decarbonization investments and growth.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 16, 2021 | 6:06 am

Copper price rises as investors cheer Xi-Biden talks

Copper prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar weakened and risk sentiment improved on positive developments from a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Reuters | November 15, 2021 | 10:12 pm

This chart shows copper price could dive 28% going into 2022

New report argues rising mine supply, steep fall in demand from China’s property sector and shifting global consumption patterns away from goods to services will send copper prices skidding.

Frik Els | November 15, 2021 | 10:01 pm