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.

April 4, 2022

LME introduces 15% daily price limits for all metals

The exchange suspended nickel trading on March 8 after prices spiked by more than 50% to hit $100,000 a tonne.

April 4, 2022

Centerra Gold hands Kumtor mine to Kyrgyzstan, ending dispute

Out-of-court settlement calls for Centerra to yield control of the vast gold mine to state-owned refiner Kyrgyzaltyn OJSC, which will return its 26% stake in the company.

April 1, 2022

Carmakers will “need to become miners” – Benchmark 

Even if every lithium, cobalt, nickel and graphite green and brownfield project in the pipeline comes on stream “there will not be enough” raw material going into 2030.

April 1, 2022

LME nickel volumes tumbled 28% in March amid shutdown

The average daily volume of combined LME nickel futures and options slumped to 64,952 lots in March.

April 1, 2022

Silver miners’ Q4 2021 fundamentals

The silver miners’ stocks have rallied in recent months, but are still underperforming gold stocks.

April 1, 2022

Copper price down as China’s factory activity slumps

Manufacturing conditions in China deteriorated in March amid the Ukraine crisis and a resurgence in domestic coronavirus cases.