April 6, 2022 Vale agrees to sell manganese, iron ore assets to J&F The assets, worth about $1.2 billion, include Mineracao Corumbaense, Mineracao Mato Grosso, International Iron Company and Transbarge Navegacion ventures.
April 5, 2022 Don’t expect US miners to replace Russian coal in Europe In the US, the number of producing coal mines slumped more than 60% from 2008 through 2020.
April 5, 2022 JPMorgan reviewing commodity exposure after nickel chaos Bloomberg sources say it’s possible that it could result in JPMorgan scaling back activity in commodities.
April 5, 2022 Sigma Lithium to start civil works at vast Brazilian project Grota do Cirilo is the largest hard rock lithium project in the Americas, slated to produce 440,000 tonnes of concentrate per year by end of 2023.
April 5, 2022 IGO says Western Areas may nix $829 million buyout IGO says its takeover of nickel producer Western Areas might fall through after an independent expert concluded the offer was "neither fair nor reasonable".
April 5, 2022 Zinc smelters win big fee increase as cutbacks throttle output Record zinc prices have encouraged mining companies to boost output.
April 4, 2022 Avalon partners with India’s Essar Group to build Ontario lithium refinery The lithium refinery will be designed to accept concentrates from several pegmatite projects in Ontario's North.
April 4, 2022 US coal prices top $100/t for first time since 2008 Prices for coal from Central Appalachia surged 9% to $106.15 a ton last week, the highest since late 2008.
April 4, 2022 Gold price advances on rising Russia-Ukraine tensions Inflation looks set to remain elevated, which could continue to support the gold price, analysts told Reuters.
April 4, 2022 Copper price up despite China demand concerns "The lockdown in China has already led to a slowdown in the domestic movement of base metals," said ANZ.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
