London Metal Exchange to delay ban on tainted metal until 2025 — sources

For the past year, copper traded like a seesaw on the on-again, off-again hopes of a US and China trade deal.

SK Innovation will purchase 100% of the battery-grade cobalt sulphate and nickel sulphate produced from Australian Mines' flagship Sconi project.

After years on the block, BHP declared its nickel business core in May on the back of promising demand expectations from the electric vehicle industry.

Battery producers and electric automakers, including Tesla, are concerned over longer-term supplies of nickel.

Big names like BHP and Glencore can't seem to agree on which metals will deliver the best long-term exposure to the developing global market.

Electric-car makers, battery makers, and consumer-technology companies have remained silent from the debate over deep-sea mining.

The world's biggest miner will face a test of its ability to move beyond bulk mining.

As the global demand for base metals grows, the mining industry is on the hunt for new deposits that can be developed into operating mines.

Researchers at the Sustainable Minerals Institute in Queensland are looking for sustainable solutions to some of the supply-side issues the mining industry is going to face.