Surging US steel helps iron ore price to 9-month high
Global steel production stays strong in September with Chinese furnaces blasting at near record pace and US output surging 9%.
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.
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Copper price drop prompts expansion rethink at top producer
Freeport-McMoRan CEO Richard Adkerson says reduced spending on large-scale projects will add to the impending supply gap on global copper markets.
Vanadium price leaps to near-record high
New rebar standards in China and spiking demand from green energy storage sector pushes vanadium up 550% in two years.
White Gold jumps on drill results
White Gold's partners are Agnico Eagle Mines Limited (NYSE:AEM) and Kinross Gold Corp (NYSE:KGC).
Rocketing vanadium price primed for ‘Elon Musk moment’
"To build a gigafactory of vanadium flow batteries, companies will need to own a mine or lease the fully recyclable vanadium" – Simon Moores.
Nevada Copper building first US copper mine in a decade
Pumpkin Hollow goes into production next year, but the underground mine is only the first phase of a planned Nevada copper operation four times the size.
Mining exploration spending in Australia jumps to 5-year high
Drilling at new projects up 57% as spending on gold exploration reaches 21-year high.
Lithium price plunge claims first victim
Namibia's Desert Lion Energy ceases all operations as Chinese lithium prices plummet to three-year lows – down by half since the start of 2018.
Copper price takes another beating
Chinese manufacturing gauge drops to 14-month low.
Nevada Copper shares jump on construction decision
Toronto-listed company's board okays construction of Pumpkin Hollow underground mine.
Value of EV battery nickel second highest on record, cobalt at 30-month high
Low LFP-penetration markets, Europe is off to the races in 2025 and US buyers pull forward purchases before subsidies end.
