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Rio Tinto hunts for lithium deals, eyes Jadar revival

Lithium prices, expected to stay at record highs, have the world’s second-biggest miner actively looking for lithium acquisitions.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2022 | 6:38 am

Western countries forge green alliance for getting electric vehicle minerals

Announced at the COP15 talks on biodiversity in Montreal, the…

Reuters | December 12, 2022 | 1:45 pm

Banks have loopholes to keep financing coal, study says

A survey of 25 European banks by nonprofit ShareAction reveals…

Bloomberg News | December 12, 2022 | 5:00 am

BHP invests in Gates and Friedland-backed firm I-Rox

BHP will help I-Pulse and its affiliate I-Rox, in which is also…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 12, 2022 | 3:57 am

Gold objects found in Troy were mass-produced, travelled great distances

Gold in objects from Troy, Poliochni and Ur in Mesopotamia…

Staff Writer | December 11, 2022 | 7:41 am

From miners to big oil, the great commodity cash machine is back

The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index, a basket of nearly two dozen raw materials, surged to a 10-year high last week and is rapidly closing in on the record set in 2011.

Bloomberg News | August 2, 2021 | 2:32 pm

Sibanye-Stillwater to acquire Eramet’s nickel processing facilities in France

The transaction is the second step in Sibanye-Stillwater’s battery metals strategy.

MINING.com Editor | August 2, 2021 | 12:26 pm

Renault locks in lithium supply from Vulcan Energy in five-year deal

Vulcan will supply 6,000 to 17,000 tonnes of lithium annually to the French automaker.

Reuters | August 1, 2021 | 8:17 pm

Goldman recapitulates $5 a pound copper price by end of 2021

New report says while copper bulls have been facing “a crisis of confidence”, fundamentals “have been quietly tightening” setting up return to record prices in the near future.

Frik Els | July 30, 2021 | 11:24 am

IEA’s roadmap shows difficult journey to net zero: Kemp

In the short term, emissions are on a rising trend, notwithstanding a temporary decline during the covid-19 pandemic, putting the world a long way off track to reach zero emissions by 2050.

Reuters | July 30, 2021 | 7:56 am