CHARTS: Mining’s top 50 companies top $1.4 trillion value amid M&A fever World’s top 50 mining companies build on gains in the first quarter of 2023, but remain well below valuations this time last year as M&A fever grips the sector.Frik Els | April 11, 2023 | 11:28 am
Export restrictions may threaten the green transition, OECD saysThe restrictions have increased more than five-fold in the last…Bloomberg News | April 11, 2023 | 10:20 am
Central banks are buying gold at a record pace so far in 2023In January and February, central banks collectively bought a net…Frank Holmes - US Global Investors | April 7, 2023 | 11:42 am
China’s physical coal prices tell different story to futures China is pushing miners to ramp up output but this is a slow process, writes Clyde Russell. Reuters | October 26, 2021 | 7:33 am
Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash The method, if widely adopted, could turn coal ash from an environmental pariah into a commercially viable product, researcher says. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 26, 2021 | 6:06 am
Iron ore price rebounds while La Niña threatens to worsen energy crisis Iron ore prices dropped last week as risk sentiment was hurt by fears over growth in China, and as coal prices slumped. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 25, 2021 | 9:29 am
COP aims to end coal, but the world is still addicted Coal continues to dominate the world’s total electricity generation mix by a large margin. Bloomberg News | October 23, 2021 | 2:56 pm
China’s steel group says must ensure supply, control price in volatile market China's daily crude steel output in September fell to the lowest since December 2018. Reuters | October 23, 2021 | 2:28 pm
Commodity boom at risk as supporting factors fade, Fitch says The pace of global industrial production growth is falling “quite swiftly” after an impressive spike in demand for durable goods during lockdowns. Bloomberg News | October 22, 2021 | 12:36 pm
EU in talks with China to avoid “catastrophic” magnesium crunch China supplies the block with about 95% of the silvery-white metal used to make aluminum alloys for auto parts. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 22, 2021 | 10:27 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