March 14, 2023 Charted: 30 years of central bank gold demand In 2022, central banks snapped up gold at the fastest pace since 1967.
March 14, 2023 Rio Tinto sees robust short term outlook for copper The miner started this week the underground phase of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.
March 14, 2023 Column: Gold price bulls hope short-term bank contagion sparks longer-term rally The metal rallied strongly on Monday after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in New York.
March 14, 2023 Japan, Canada in talks over collaboration in battery metals supply chain Batteries are key for Japan as it strives for carbon neutrality by 2050.
March 14, 2023 Zimbabwe’s ban on lithium ore exports triggers stockpile buildup The ban has impacted small- and medium-scale miners, but it’s not clear how much lithium is contained in the stockpiled ore.
March 14, 2023 China removes all remaining curbs on Australian coal imports Imports could reach 1 million tons in the first half of March alone.
March 13, 2023 Europe balks at strategic stockpile for critical green metals The energy crisis has hurt production of several key industrial commodities, exacerbating worries about supply.
March 13, 2023 China to increase control over global cobalt supply — report Over the next two years, China’s share of cobalt production is expected to reach half of global output.
March 13, 2023 India to auction newly found lithium reserve The block in the northern federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir is the first known lithium reserve in the country.
March 12, 2023 China could control a third of the world’s lithium by 2025 UBS expects Chinese-controlled mines, including projects in Africa, to raise output to 705,000 tons by 2025.
Lithium swings from glut to scarcity on Asia demand, Traxys says Lithium is emerging from a period of oversupply after record-high prices spurred supply growth at a time of disappointing demand. January 16, 2026 | 01:05 pm
