December 20, 2022

Column: Commodity forecasts are absurd, but China is key as Ukraine fades

While 2022 has largely been a story of the necessity of fossil fuels, it's likely that the surging prices accelerate the drive to renewable energies.

December 20, 2022

Column: Zinc stocks at historic lows after a year of smelter woes

Where has all the zinc gone?

December 20, 2022

IAMGOLD gets $340 million funding from Sumitomo for Côté gold project; stock jumps

IAMGOLD will remain the operator of the Côté gold project in Ontario.

December 19, 2022

Australia expects sharp lithium price pullback in 2024

Record spot prices will lift contract values for lithium miners next year but a surge in production to over 1 million tonnes by 2024 will put downward pressure on prices,…

December 19, 2022

Electric vehicle production set to surge in 2023 despite low sales

Starting next year, a wave of new electric vehicles from pickup trucks to middle market SUVs and sedans will hit the world's major markets.

December 19, 2022

Ivanhoe Mines hits back at Sentry, Globe and Mail reports on police search of Vancouver office

Police searched the miner's office in November 2021 seeking information on $2.7 million in bank transfers from Ivanhoe to a Swiss bank account in connection with contracts for its Congolese…

December 19, 2022

WTO on ‘thin ice’ with metals tariff ruling, US trade chief says

The WTO ruling, issued earlier this month, “really challenges the integrity of the system,” Trade Representative Katherine Tai said.

December 19, 2022

China Nov aluminum imports fall amid rising domestic supply

China's aluminum imports in November fell 35.7% from a year earlier as a result of mounting domestic supply.

December 19, 2022

Nickel tycoon plans new plant to avoid future LME short squeezes

Tsingshan is building a plant in Sulawesi, Indonesia, to produce 50,000 tonnes of refined nickel a year.

December 19, 2022

Bumper green aluminum output is good news for carmakers, and climate

Global supplies of low-carbon aluminum have been robust for several years but dipped in 2022.