Washington’s message at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston reflects growing concern that the rapid investment it is encouraging to fight climate change could backfire.

Blue Orca Capital alleged that the mining licenses obtained by Atlantic in Ghana were through what appeared to be "textbook corruption".

EV motors represent around 12% of global magnet consumption with Tesla accounting for 15-20% of the sector's demand.

BHP expects global copper and nickel supplies to remain below demand as few new mines for either metal are coming online in the near future.

With workers opting for jobs that are less physically demanding jobs and not in far-flung locales, attracting mining talent is now a key problem for the industry.

“Gold will trade defensively, likely straddling $1,800 into the March FOMC," an analyst predicted.

Resolution is key to the mining giant's future as the project would produce more than 40 billion pounds of copper.

Gold had already retreated from Friday’s strong close, but so far Powell is more direct and aggressive than market had anticipated, analyst says.