Copper price soars past $9,000 in record run
The industrial metal is closing in on an all-time high set in 2011.
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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.
Wild ride as tin tips towards scarcity pricing
LME three-month tin hit its own 10-year high of $27,000 a tonne on Monday morning.
Amplats to raise output after high metals prices boost profit
The company said it plans to increase output of platinum group metals from 3 million ounces to 3.6 million ounces by 2030.
AngloGold Ashanti boosts dividend five-fold on gold price boom
The Johannesburg-listed miner declared a full-year dividend of 7.05 rand per share, more than five times the 2019 dividend when translated into US cents.
De Beers hikes diamond prices again as revival keeps going
Diamond prices are rebounding after the pandemic brought the industry to an almost complete standstill in the first half of last year.
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.
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.
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.
