June 21, 2021 EV Metal Index jumps 375% year-on-year as lithium price rally continues MINING.COM’s tracker of the value of battery metals in newly sold electric cars surges from pandemic lows, hitting third best month on record as lithium prices continue to rally.
June 21, 2021 RANKED: World’s top ten biggest nickel mines The metal plays a key role in the global transition to clean energy and demand from the EV sector alone is expected to grow by 2.6Mt to 2040.
June 21, 2021 GRAPHICS: What’s the plan? Corporate polluters lag on setting climate goals More than 40 of the world's 250 biggest corporate emitters - or 16% - are only just starting to assess their emissions, report shows.
June 21, 2021 Russian billionaire Potanin will not join in Nornickel buyback Potanin owns a 34.6% stake in Nornickel, which plans to buy up to 3.4% of its shares for $2-billion.
June 21, 2021 Volvo and Northvolt team up to build new battery gigafactory in Europe Partnership will help Volvo’s efforts to make half of its cars fully electric by mid-decade and all of them 100% electric by 2030.
June 20, 2021 Europe taking steps to cut reliance on China for raw materials The European Commissioner for Internal Market called on member states to boost partnerships with resource-rich countries and explore sustainable mining in the EU.
June 20, 2021 The climate change fight is adding to the global inflation scare The potential price hit from the green revolution is adding to the arguments about the inflation outlook that are already brewing.
June 19, 2021 Base metals demand expected to benefit from green revolution – report A report by the CRU Group states that EVs and renewables are expected to support the demand for zinc, copper, and nickel.
June 18, 2021 As copper plunges, Appian bets on shortages from electrification The private equity fund is ramping up a new mine in Brazil’s northeastern region.
June 18, 2021 Home: Metals boom sees the return of physically-backed funds Nornickel, through its Global Palladium Fund (GPF) arm, has just launched physically-backed copper and nickel investment products on the London Stock Exchange.
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
