MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

A roundup of the biggest stories of the week.

MINING.com Editor | February 12, 2021 | 10:00 pm

Nickel price at highest since 2014 amid growing EV battery demand

Nickel has quietly been going neck-in-neck with copper since the start of the base metals rally.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2021 | 12:36 pm

Copper price rally slows ahead of Chinese holiday

Traders and leading investors say the market needs more good news before prices can rip higher.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2021 | 8:43 am

Crypto’s rapid rise means investors need gold, top miner says

The rise of cryptocurrencies, including red-hot Bitcoin, just handed one of the world’s leading gold miners one more reason to urge investors to buy the age-old haven that is bullion.

Bloomberg News | February 11, 2021 | 8:09 am

China’s 2020 refined nickel imports slump to 6-year low

Chinese imports of refined nickel fell by 32% year-on-year to 130,700 tonnes in 2020.

Reuters | February 11, 2021 | 7:58 am

JP Morgan: Commodities have begun new supercycle of “years-long gains”

Commodities have seen four supercycles over the past 100 years — with the last one peaking in 2008 after 12 years of expansion.

Bloomberg News | February 11, 2021 | 3:45 am

EV metal index beats record by 54% as electric cars reach tipping point

MINING.COM EV Metal Index surges to over $500m of lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel in newly-sold electric cars worldwide in one month as prices continue to climb and deployment smashes previous records.

Frik Els | February 10, 2021 | 1:35 pm