Gold price thrives in rate hike cycles
Gold-futures speculators’ most-feared hobgoblin is Fed-rate-hike cycles.
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Lithium prices rise on tight supply, strong China demand
Chinese market participants were surprised that prices continued to rise rapidly after the recent Lunar New Year holidays.
EMX reaches settlement with Barrick Gold over royalty payment dispute
Pursuant to the settlement, Barrick will pay EMX subsidiary Bullion Monarch $25 million.
Coal India warns it may need to cut output without a price hike
While coal reserves at power plants have risen from a low in September, they are still only about a third of an April 2020 high.
Belarusian potash force majeure adds to global fertilizer chaos
The country accounts for about a fifth of global supply.
China to boost commodity price supervision in push for industrial growth
China's state planner will take steps to stabilise the commodity market and hasten construction of new infrastructure, it said on Friday.
Brazil’s Minas Gerais state to sell stake in lithium miner
The mining state is looking to sell its 33% holding in CBL, Brazil’s only producer of lithium carbonate and hydroxide.
Global EV sales jumped in 2021, as did deployment of high nickel battery chemistries
Adamas Intelligence reports that 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by high nickel cathode chemistries.
Mining People: Adventus, Highland Copper, Los Andes, McEwen Copper, OceanaGold, Pure Gold, Questex, Ucore
Key moves in the mining sector.
