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Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading

Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 7, 2022 | 1:02 pm

In charts: EV metal demand accelerated in the second half of 2021

Surging EV sales in the Asia Pacific region brings a…

Henry Lazenby | March 7, 2022 | 11:01 am

Potential Russian oil ban pushes gold price above $2,000

Gold extended its biggest weekly advance since July 2020 amid…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 7, 2022 | 9:30 am

Ukraine invasion sets back Musk’s dream for cheaper EVs, for now

Rising prices of nickel, lithium and other materials threaten to…

Reuters | March 7, 2022 | 8:03 am

Boeing suspends buying titanium from Russia, assures of ‘sufficient supply’

Airbus did not immediately respond to a request for comment…

Reuters | March 7, 2022 | 7:19 am

PDAC: Friedland previews ‘Revenge of the Miners’

Renowned mining mogul Robert Friedland took a theatrical approach to introduce his message to PDAC convention attendees in early March.

Northern Miner Staff | March 4, 2020 | 1:27 pm

Lithium-ion batteries have a new rival – potassium metal

US-based researchers found a solution to a persistent problem facing potassium metal batteries.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2020 | 6:10 am

Coronavirus hits De Beers sales

Company has deferred allocations due to the virus impact on customers focused on the Chinese market.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2020 | 3:55 am

Trump’s best shot at saving coal is an obscure power market

In the past three months, regulators have disrupted ambitious plans to combat climate change in electric grids.

Bloomberg News | March 3, 2020 | 4:54 pm

Gold has immunity, silver has ratio – Rick Mills

The gold-silver ratio is currently at 95 and rising as both silver and gold keep climbing on virus fears.

Rick Mills | March 3, 2020 | 2:02 pm

70% of miners say new business models needed

KPMG report found the industry needs greater transparency and more responsible mining practices.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 3, 2020 | 12:24 pm

Freeport sues Peru Gov’t over royalty payments

Arbitration procedures won't affect operations, says the company.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 3, 2020 | 8:58 am

Coal states urge Trump Administration to tackle plant closures

More than a dozen coal-fired power plants have been decommissioned in the past two years.

Bloomberg News | March 3, 2020 | 4:30 am

Copper to rally to $3 once virus passes, Chile minister says

Prices “should stabilize once the coronavirus passes,” Prokurica said in Toronto.

Bloomberg News | March 2, 2020 | 1:40 pm

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