November 1, 2021 Lab-grown diamonds are latest victims of China’s power crisis Roughly 7 million carats of jewelry-quality man-made diamonds are produced globally each year, of which 3 million come from China.
November 1, 2021 Protests force Peru’s largest copper mine to halt operations Operations at Antamina suspended due to a roadblock set by locals who believe the mine has not lived up to its commitments to support local communities.
October 29, 2021 Gold stocks’ winter rally 6 This year’s dawning winter rally has exceptional upside potential after extreme gold-futures selling hammered gold and gold stocks to deeply-oversold levels recently.
October 29, 2021 Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report EV battery costs were approaching parity with gas-powered cars, but Benchmark believes decline may be at an end as lithium prices surge 313% in a year and cobalt, nickel prices…
October 29, 2021 Four charts show why silver price surge is set to fade The metal is poised for the first monthly advance since May on concerns that power shortages and supply-chain snarls will keep inflation persistently high.
October 29, 2021 Iron ore price extends losses on China’s lower steel output Metal prices dropped further on Friday on weak sentiment amid Beijing’s crackdown on coal prices and lower steel production.
October 29, 2021 World Copper closes $5.2 million financing, shares up World Copper plans to use the net proceeds to advance exploration on its Escalones and Cristal properties in Chile.
October 29, 2021 Rare earth prices at decade-high amid supply tightness A domestic shortage of rare earths is looming as China, which accounts for 70% of global production.
October 29, 2021 US coal miners are ‘sold out’ for 2022 Almost every lump of coal that US miners will dig out of the ground next year has already been sold.
October 29, 2021 China’s coal prices see biggest weekly fall in over 5 years Chinese state planner said there was more room to adjust coal prices after its recent investigations into producers.
Op-Ed: America can’t defend itself with Chinese minerals US is building new critical-mineral processing facilities from Texas to Tennessee, but without new sources of raw material, those plants will sit idle. January 23, 2026 | 12:56 pm
