China may extend state iron ore buying strategy to lithium
If successful in iron ore, the mandate of China's new centralised state buyer could be extended to lithium, copper and bauxite.
Frik Els , Editor
Frik has 20 years’ experience as a business journalist across a range of industries including automotive, technology and entertainment markets. Frik has an entry in Global Mining Observer’s Who’s Who of Mining 2018, and contributions to publications and conferences including Business Insider, Investing.com, Mines & Money London and New York, Vancouver Resources Investment, Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto and Canadian Mining Symposium in London, UK. He’s been interviewed on CBC Radio and Korea State TV and quoted in the Financial Post.
Posts by Frik Els:
EV battery cathode costs spike as lithium price sets fresh record
Relentless rise of lithium prices and recent bounce in cobalt and nickel put pressure on electric vehicle manufacturers.
Graphite poised to do a lithium
Carmakers “are waking up” to often overlooked anode material accounting for nearly half the mass of battery cells by inking upstream deals.
RANKED: The world’s top 10 most valuable base and precious metal mines
Ranking is topped by a polymetallic mine in Russia’s arctic boasting ore with a value of nearly $900 billion at today’s prices.
Lithium price jumps to fresh all-time high
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence says spot market pricing will feed through to long term contracts signed by automakers.
CHART: Mining vs AI – Nvidia sneezes, sheds five BHPs
Nvidia lost a trillion dollars this quarter and briefly traded like a value stock. The world's 50 biggest miners, all $2.19 trillion of them, have looked like ones for years.