February 23, 2021

Zambia achieves record high copper production in 2020, minister says

Country aims to produce more than 900,000 tonnes of copper in 2021.

February 23, 2021

Philippines says 2020 nickel output up 3%, warns outlook uncertain

Output in the world's biggest exporter of the material to China totalled 333,962 tonnes in 2020 compared with 323,325 tonnes in 2019.

February 22, 2021

Elon Musk should come clean: Tesla’s emissions are rising

A company that thrives on the power of the sun shouldn’t hide the footprint of its own operations in shadow.

February 22, 2021

Canada could be top player in global EV battery market — report

BMI says the combination of natural resources and a highly skilled workforce should help developing a sustainable value chain for battery materials.

February 22, 2021

Global EV sales pushed battery metals deployment in H2 2020 – report

Adamas Intelligence reports that EV registrations grew by 58% year-on-year in the second half of 2020 and, with them, battery metals deployment.

February 22, 2021

OZ Minerals launches challenge to find green ways to extract metals

The best proposals from "Ingenious Extraction" will be selected for acceleration. Early submission deadline is March 12.

February 21, 2021

Three people die in partial collapse of Nornickel’s Arctic processing plant

The plant located in Arctic Siberia partially collapsed during maintenance.

February 19, 2021

Copper price keeps soaring as bullish sentiment prevails

Citigroup analysts have pinned the global copper deficit at about 500,000 tonnes starting this year.

February 18, 2021

Copper price blasts to 9-year high on demand optimism

Other industrial metals also jumped, with aluminum, nickel, tin and lead all hitting multi year highs.

February 18, 2021

Sibanye-Stillwater profit soars, targets push for greener tech in future output

Group gold production in 2020 rose to 982,559 ounces from 932,659 ounces a year earlier.