June 15, 2021 Britain in talks with 6 firms about building gigafactories for EV batteries Ford, Nissan, LG and Samsung, Britishvolt and InoBat Auto are in talks with the British government or local authorities about locations for potential factories and financial support.
June 15, 2021 Canada, EU in raw materials pact to cut China reliance “We as Europeans want to diversify our imports away from producers like China because we want more sustainability, less environmental damage and we want transparency on raw materials.”
June 15, 2021 Cobalt ‘bubble’ will burst, Ivanhoe executive in Congo says The head of the chamber of mines in the DRC suggests investors focus instead on Congo’s copper.
June 15, 2021 Iron ore price up as Western Australia calls for reset on China ties Australia's biggest exporting state on Tuesday urged Canberra to stop antagonizing China, the country's top trade partner.
June 14, 2021 USDX: the cleanest shirt among the dirty laundry With the Fed poised to come clean and scale back its asset purchases in September, the USD Index should shine over the medium term.
June 14, 2021 Home: A nickel refinery tops US battery metals wish list The Department of Energy has identified Class 1 nickel, the type best suited to lithium-ion batteries, as both key vulnerability and key opportunity.
June 14, 2021 Gold price drops to 4-week low ahead of Fed policy meeting The price action suggests that the speculative market was heavily long on gold, one analyst says.
June 11, 2021 Iron ore price correction delayed as global steel demand tops 2bn tonnes for first time ever New report says China’s green push means end of cheap exports, deflating steel prices in rest of the world supporting iron ore prices.
June 11, 2021 Is gold really an inflation hedge? Data shows that gold may serve as an inflation hedge only in the long run.
June 11, 2021 Gold stocks room to run Gold miners’ stocks have been drifting sideways to lower in recent weeks, fueling bearish sentiment.
Copper price: Strains deepen as global smelting activity hits decade low Copper prices are under renewed pressure after satellite data showed 1.2 million tonnes of January smelter capacity outside China went idle. February 12, 2026 | 11:01 am
