March 19, 2021

Investors flock back to lithium as battery bust turns to boom

Investors are betting big on a lithium comeback less than three years after prices of the metal used in rechargeable batteries collapsed.

March 19, 2021

Home: Aluminum rattled by signs of “green” disruption in China

Shanghai aluminum prices have this week powered to their highest level since August 2011.

March 19, 2021

Copper price slides as US bond yields jump

Yields on the US benchmark 10-year Treasuries soared to more than 1.75% a day after the US Federal Reserve projected the strongest growth in nearly 40 years.

March 19, 2021

Israel pushed Trump officials to lift sanctions on Dan Gertler

The Trump administration’s controversial move reportedly came after repeated requests from Israeli officials, who said he was a vital national security asset.

March 19, 2021

Supply squeeze drags copper treatment charges below $20 a tonne

Extremely tight copper mine supply has pushed spot treatment charges for concentrate to their lowest in more than a decade.

March 19, 2021

Rio Tinto endorses resolutions pushing for emissions cuts targets, lobby group pressure

Company said that it would endorse resolutions to set targets for cutting carbon emissions and take tougher measures against lobby groups that do not follow its climate change goals.

March 19, 2021

Zijin posts record annual profit as gold, copper prices surge

Company profits rose 51.9% year-on-year in 2020, setting an annual record high.

March 18, 2021

Massive new port could give Vale back iron ore crown

A project for a dedicated iron ore port with a capacity of up to 560 million tonnes per year is advancing in the north of Brazil.

March 18, 2021

Teck aims for carbon neutrality by 2050

According to its 2020 sustainability report, Teck aims to have its Chilean operations fully running on clean energy by 2030.

March 18, 2021

US looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles

The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make electric vehicles…