The Australian Stock Exchange notched up 42 IPOs in mining-related businesses over the past 12 months despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Four banks dropped Liberty’s commodity trading business after alleged paperwork problems in metal trades.

Companies and financial firms are now investing over $100 billion a year on energy storage and the electrification of transportation.

The first-round winner of Peru’s Presidential election, Pedro Castillo, wants to renegotiate contracts with mining companies rather than seize assets, a party official said.

The police have called it one of the city-state’s largest-ever suspected investment fraud schemes.

Soaring coal prices in China are making mining companies prioritize output ahead of safety, a government agency said amid a spate of deadly accidents.

Canadian startup Li-Cycle Corp. plans a third battery-recycling facility in North America.

Lithium, the mainstay for rechargeable power packs used in EVs, is roaring back after a three-year slump in prices.

Ivanhoe Mines chairman says mining companies will have to be “real heroes” and governments will have to accept the industry if the world is to successfully transition to clean energy.

Both physical and financial indicators could be turning against the metal and threatening to push prices lower.

Overseas purchases increased more than sevenfold to 98.6 tonnes last month from 13 tonnes a year earlier.

Singapore has a reputation as a stable financial center and has taken steps to position itself as a bullion hub.