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Electrokinetic mining allows for green, efficient recovery of REEs

Chinese researchers developed the electrokinetic mining technique for the green and efficient recovery of REEs from weathering crusts.

Staff Writer | November 27, 2022 | 6:30 am

Lithium’s 1,200% frenzy tempered by blip in China’s EV market

The battery material’s price is set for a second weekly…

Bloomberg News | November 25, 2022 | 8:23 am

Copper mining grows at last but now smelters can’t keep up

The prospect of a wave of supply being met by…

Bloomberg News | November 25, 2022 | 8:16 am

Freeport settles six-year high copper charges for 2023 with Chinese smelters

The charges, paid by miners to smelters to process ore…

Reuters | November 24, 2022 | 10:00 am

Copper price rises on China’s property support

Three of China's biggest commercial banks have agreed to provide…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 24, 2022 | 8:31 am

The US has a metals problem

Years of neglecting its critical metal supplies is catching up with the United States, as demand for the raw materials needed to build a new green economy that rejects fossil fuels gears up.

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | April 5, 2021 | 2:04 pm

The next electric-car battery champion could be European

After years of ceding the EV battery business to foreign companies, Europe wants in.

Bloomberg News | April 5, 2021 | 8:09 am

Tesla’s market value set to gain $50 billion on record EV deliveries

Tesla delivered 184,800 vehicles globally during the first quarter of 2021, above estimates of 177,822 vehicles.

Reuters | April 5, 2021 | 7:15 am

Global copper smelting slides in March on Chinese shortages

Global copper smelting slipped to the lowest levels in at least five years in March as top producer China failed to recover following the Lunar New Year holiday due to supply shortages.

Reuters | April 5, 2021 | 6:31 am

Rare earth metals production is no longer monopolized by China

Namely, Australia saw a 672% increase in rare earth production over the last decade, and more recently, Myanmar entered the mix.

Govind Bhutada - Visual Capitalist | April 2, 2021 | 10:36 am

Home: China’s aluminum imports underpin physical premium surge

Even the world’s largest producer - China - seems to be running short of aluminum.

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 8:00 am

China aluminum prices to remain elevated amid Inner Mongolia curbs – Chalco

Consultancy CRU previously estimated a total of 100,000 tonnes of annual aluminum production may be cut as a result of the Inner Mongolia restrictions.

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 7:52 am

Ganfeng sees lithium rally extending as profits almost triple

Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices started to buck a three-year downturn in the second half of 2020 as electric vehicle demand roared back from the coronavirus outbreak.

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 7:43 am

EU imposes tariffs on Chinese aluminum producers

The European Union has imposed duties on aluminum products imported from China after an investigation showed that they were being sold at unfairly low prices.

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 7:37 am

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