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EV battery prices rise for the first time in 2023

Battery prices are particularly being impacted by lithium carbonate prices in China, which increased by 55% in May.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 16, 2023 | 11:31 am

US requests probe of alleged labor abuses at Grupo Mexico mine

The request is the eleventh such action under the North…

Reuters | June 16, 2023 | 10:29 am

Inside the race to remake lithium extraction for EV batteries

The global battle to reshape the lithium industry is sucking…

Reuters | June 16, 2023 | 7:27 am

Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm

Ivanhoe will convert a loan balance of $76 million owed…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 16, 2023 | 4:36 am

Battery storage installations to increase ten-fold by 2030 — report

New battery storage capacity to surpass 400 GWh per year…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 15, 2023 | 10:57 am

Column: Global miners rank ESG as their top concern. Really?

Not one of the biggest listed Western mining companies has an executive with the title of chief ESG officer, writes Clyde Russell.

Reuters | April 27, 2022 | 8:15 am

Column: Automakers go back to the future to secure battery metals

Henry Ford was right all along, it turns out.

Reuters | April 27, 2022 | 7:56 am

CME steps up battle against LME with new aluminum contracts

CME Group has made major strides in its competition with the larger London Metal Exchange in recent years.

Bloomberg News | April 26, 2022 | 10:32 am

Newmont boosts investment in Yanacocha gold mine in Peru

Miner has increased its planned investments for sulfides project from $2.25bn to $2.5bn, with a firm decision to be made by year-end.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 26, 2022 | 5:33 am

Russia’s war is turbocharging the world’s addiction to coal

The world’s addiction to coal, a fuel many thought would soon be on the way out, is now stronger than ever.

Bloomberg News | April 25, 2022 | 1:17 pm

Gold price slips below $1,900 as rate hike fears get better of safe haven metal

Mobility restrictions in China are also weighing on physical demand for gold, an analyst said.

Staff Writer | April 25, 2022 | 9:40 am

Gold price en route to weekly loss with Fed eyeing big rate hikes

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said a half-point interest rate increase “will be on the table.”

Staff Writer | April 22, 2022 | 8:56 am

‘Mr. Lithium’ warns there’s not enough battery metal to go around

Batteries, and more precisely battery metals, are poised to replace chips as the new bottleneck for the auto industry, writes Gabrielle Coppola.

Bloomberg News | April 22, 2022 | 8:07 am

Newmont posts fall in first-quarter profit

Newmont in February warned that Omicron-related issues could impact its gold production by as much as 150,000 ounces in the first quarter.

Reuters | April 22, 2022 | 7:41 am

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