February 10, 2022 Gates, Bezos-backed firm gets cash injection to find battery metals KoBold Metals, which uses AI to create a “Google Maps” of the Earth’s crust, raised $192.5 million in its latest financing round.
February 9, 2022 Advanced Marimaca project still in the ‘early stages of discovery,’ says CEO Marimaca Copper entails a rare combination of low upfront capital and bottom-quartile operating cost.
February 9, 2022 Panama to receive First Quantum’s plan for power plant conversion by June The plant conversion could be a milestone in a clean energy plan that aims to cease the use of bunker and coal for power generation by December 2023.
February 9, 2022 Copper price: Global stocks are down to three days’ consumption October 2021’s copper squeeze sent the bellwether metal into record territory – now warehouses again only have enough metal to last a long weekend.
February 8, 2022 The commodity gauges that underpin Goldman’s uber-bullish view There are more commodities futures contracts trading in backwardation than at any point since at least 1997.
February 8, 2022 New LME stocks squeeze is creeping up on Doctor Copper LME copper stocks give every appearance of experiencing a second grab-it-while-you-can impulse wave, writes Andy Home.
February 8, 2022 British Columbia denies permit for Morrison copper-gold mine again The project in the Canadian province has been stuck in the environmental assessment stage for 19 years.
February 7, 2022 Americans face record metals prices as shipping costs surge Supply-chain snags dominated headlines through most of 2021, catapulting commodities prices to the highest in more than a decade.
February 7, 2022 Goldman commodity veteran says he’s never seen a market like it "We’re out of everything – I don’t care if it’s oil, gas, coal, copper, aluminum, you name it we’re out of it,” says Jeff Currie.
February 7, 2022 BHP to cut emissions by 30% with first LNG-powered bulk carrier BHP unveiled the world's first liquefied natural gas-fuelled bulk carrier vessel in Singapore, one of five the mining giant will take delivery of in 2022 as part of efforts to…
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
