Column: Zinc turbulent as low stocks clash with expected surplusZinc's early-year rally has quickly fizzled out as the market prices in a looming supply surge.Reuters | February 16, 2023 | 8:15 am
Freyr Battery, Finnish Minerals Group plan cathode material JVFreyr is building its first battery cell factory in Norway.Reuters | February 16, 2023 | 7:09 am
Trafigura completes Ecobat Stolberg lead smelter purchaseThe Stolberg plant will be operated and managed by Nyrstar.Reuters | February 15, 2023 | 8:19 am
Vulcan Energy, Frankfurt-based Nobian seek to develop lithium plant The potential deal comes as demand for lithium hydroxide sees a surge due to shifting preferences towards electric cars. Reuters | January 10, 2022 | 9:46 pm
LME’s metal trading hit lowest since 2010 despite record prices Volumes declined for a third year, extending a slump seen in 2020 amid falling industrial output and the closure of its open-outcry pit. Bloomberg News | January 10, 2022 | 1:05 pm
France plans $1.1 billion to safeguard metals for EV batteries New report calls for spending on “strategic metals” supply that could include investment in mines. Bloomberg News | January 10, 2022 | 12:57 pm
Mawson receives key decisions for Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland Lapland council voted 42-6 in favour of developing the deposit. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 10, 2022 | 7:47 am
Norway’s Yara to stop buying potash from Belarus due to sanctions Western powers accuse Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko of rigging a 2020 presidential election and have piled sanctions on his regime. Reuters | January 10, 2022 | 1:51 am
Gold catalyst helps transform methane into methanol, acetic acid Researchers produced methanol and acetic acid by reacting methane with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst made from gold and the zeolite ZSM-5. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 9, 2022 | 7:37 am
Energy transition is upside risk to ECB forecasts, Schnabel says The European Central Bank’s inflation forecasts may need to be revised upward because of the continent’s attempts to cut carbon emissions. Bloomberg News | January 8, 2022 | 5:35 pm
Irish central bank added to gold reserves in November The Irish central bank added 78 million euros ($88 million) to its gold reserves in November. Bloomberg News | January 7, 2022 | 9:54 am
Czechs look to exit coal by 2033 despite calls to move faster Experts say new target might not be soon enough to keep global temperatures warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Bloomberg News | January 7, 2022 | 6:54 am