January 14, 2018 Mike Beck: Battery metals part 4 – Unprecedented demand picture forming in copper The average E.V. requires 80kg more copper than a regular vehicle. There is also significant copper needed to build out E.V. infrastructure in the power grid as well as battery…
January 14, 2018 2 dead, 17 miners missing following Peru earthquake An earthquake in Peru on Sunday has claimed two lives and caused an illegal mine to collapse.
January 12, 2018 Zinc price hits fresh decade high “From the macro point of view, this is not an environment where you’d want to be shorting metals.”
January 12, 2018 How China is locking up critical resources in the US’s own backyard China’s global resource grab, and the ramifications for the rest of the world, are on my radar screen. Are they on yours? If not, maybe they should be.
January 12, 2018 Indonesia sets framework for Freeport to yield control of Grasberg mine Indonesia state-owned holding Asahan Aluminum, or Inalum, would grab a 41.64% stake in the local unit of Freeport, which increases its current ownership in it to 51%.
January 11, 2018 Yamana Gold provides preliminary 2017 operational results and an update on construction activities at Cerro Moro There was strong production momentum, which continued into the fourth quarter and for the full year 2017
January 11, 2018 The raw materials that fuel the Green Revolution A full green shift still requires plenty of natural resources- they're just not the traditional fossil fuels we're used to.
January 11, 2018 Zambia sees mining revenue rising on higher copper price The nation expects to collect more revenue from mining companies this year compared to 2017 after copper prices rose above $7,000 per tonne.
January 11, 2018 Indonesia hopes to finalize Freeport contract talks by June Although divestment issues are still unresolved, Indonesia hopes to finalize contract talks with Freeport McMoRan Inc over the Grasberg copper mine by June.
January 11, 2018 Mining profits are super-charged and BlackRock wants to get paid “A lot of investors were really badly burned, ourselves included.”
Copper poised for best year since 2009 after December surge All six base metals on the LME are headed for annual gains in a year that’s seen an array of supply-side pressures. December 24, 2025 | 10:11 am
