August 25, 2022 Tesla’s battery metals bill balloons to $100 billion Raw material costs have more than doubled since Elon Musk said Tesla will produce 20 million vehicles per year before 2030.
August 25, 2022 Peru lowers 2022 growth forecast and abandons mining tax hike plan The new forecast is significantly higher than the Refinitiv average of 2.6% but is lower than the 3.6% the ministry had last forecast in May.
August 25, 2022 Robert Friedland’s Ivanhoe Electric one of three finalists for Saudi Arabia project Kingdom passed a new minerals investment law last year and provided 13 reconnaissance licences, 133 exploration licences and eight exploitation licences.
August 24, 2022 Russian seaborne coal exports halted by EU ban Russia is one of the world’s top three coal exporters, controlling about 17% of the global shipments.
August 23, 2022 Two charts show copper price drop may have been overdone Copper is China's only growing commodity import in 2022 as the country’s inventories drop 60% in a year and worldwide stocks decline to just 3.5 days consumption.
August 23, 2022 Russian diamonds are quietly flowing again after sanctions chaos Alrosa is back selling more than $250 million of diamonds a month.
August 23, 2022 Electric car battery bottlenecks have a way of being worked out Amid all the excitement about battery metal demand, prices for cobalt have plunged 40% from their highs earlier this year.
August 22, 2022 ‘Winter’ approaches for base metals equities, warns Haywood report Analyst expects the constellation of base metals companies under coverage’s second quarter results to fall below expectations when they start reporting results from month's-end.
August 22, 2022 Antofagasta’s Twin Metals sues US government over Minnesota copper project Move is a bid to reverse the cancellation of mineral leases for the company's proposed copper and nickel mine.
August 22, 2022 Building more mines? The devil is in the details Years of neglecting its critical metal supplies is finally catching up with the United States.
Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil New agreement expands fleet to approximately 90 autonomous trucks in the region by 2028. December 16, 2025 | 01:52 pm
