March 28, 2022 Mick Davis’ Vision Blue joins backers for Cornish Metals tin mine Battery metals investment vehicle Vision Blue will own about 25% of Cornish Metals and will have a seat on its board.
March 7, 2022 Copper, coal prices hit records, nickel jumps 30% overnight after wild week of trading Copper scales $5 for the first time ever, metallurgical and thermal coal hit record highs and nickel jumps more than 20% in a day.
March 3, 2022 Copper close to record, zinc at 15-year high, nickel nears $28,000 as metal price rally gains momentum Industrial metals "are just waking up" to the supply risk from Ukraine-Russia war, low stockpiles and soaring energy costs.
February 27, 2022 There is a connection between Mars and heavy metal-polluted Rio Tinto estuary Goethite, red hematite, schwertmannite and jarosite link Mars to Spain’s Rio Tinto.
February 22, 2022 USGS publishes 2022 critical minerals list The new USGS critical minerals list adds 15 commodities while removing four.
February 10, 2022 Indonesia suspends operations of more than 1,000 miners President Joko Widodo last month revoked the permits of more than 2,000 companies due to poor compliance.
February 9, 2022 ITA appoints new CEO to deliver future vision for the tin industry Helen Prins joins ITA from Shell, where she has held sustainability roles for over 20 years.
February 3, 2022 China’s metals imports boomed in 2021, so did its exports Such divergence is highly unusual but reflects the equally unusual combination of pandemic recovery and supply-side constraints, writes Andy Home.
February 1, 2022 Analysts expect scorching base metals rally to cool Market balances are expected to shift from supply deficit towards surplus in 2023 as production recovers and demand cools, Andy Home says.
January 27, 2022 Supply-chain fragility sends tin price soaring to new highs This should be the year that the supply chain starts to heal but it could be a slow and painful process, writes Andy Home.
Vale, Caterpillar and Sotreq sign deal to expand fleet of autonomous trucks in Pará, Brazil New agreement expands fleet to approximately 90 autonomous trucks in the region by 2028. December 16, 2025 | 01:52 pm
