Anglo coal spinoff surges as global supply curbs lift prices
Thungela has surged as coal climbed to a 13-year high on stronger demand from Asia.
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CHART: Study predicts over 400% increase in copper, lithium, nickel battery demand
BloombergNEF turns super bullish about metals demand for batteries – ups forecast 35% to 2.7 terawatt hours per year by 2030 as electric cars take off.
Sandvik partners with Pretium for Brucejack mine trucks
Pretium Resources is investing in a fleet of Sandvik Z50 battery-electric haul trucks to replace its diesel truck fleet at its Brucejack gold mine in British Columbia.
Strong gold and copper growth forecasts as covid disruptions subside – report
Global gold mine production will grow at the fastest rate in three years in 2021.
Glencore paid $5.8bn to governments in 2020
Payments to governments in 2020 were lower due to pandemic disruption.
Metso Outotec and Halmek Lithium to construct the battery-grade lithium hydroxide process using soda leaching
The environmentally sound production process is one of Metso Outotec’s more than 100 Planet Positive products.
Steel sector may be saddled with up to $70bn in stranded assets – report
Blast furnaces using coal could become unnecessary or inoperable, resulting in "stranded assets" worth $47 billion to $70 billion, the Global Energy Monitor said.
Eskom needs $10bn to repurpose most coal plants by 2050
The utility is in talks with development finance institutions to raise the money.
Dalian iron ore price set for seventh straight quarterly gain
China is pausing industrial activity to clear air pollution ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary celebration later this week.
