Gold price edges down following strong Q4 US data
The latest data likely sets the tone heading into the Fed’s policy-setting committee’s two-day meeting next week.
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2022 was the first year when investment in decarbonizing energy surpassed $1 trillion.
South Africa’s blackouts threaten platinum supply in top miner
Output curbs could widen a global platinum shortage that Metals Focus forecasts to be the biggest in two decades in 2023.
Chile mine delays to slow copper growth; peak seen lower, later – regulator
Likely output of the red metal will peak at some 7.14 million tonnes in 2030, two years later than anticipated.
Mali industrial gold production rises 4.4% to 66.2 tonnes in 2022
Barrick Gold remains the country's biggest producer with output reaching 23 tonnes last year.
South Africa’s RBCT coal exports hit 29-year low in 2022
The terminal saw an average of 18 trains a day in 2022, against a capacity of 32 a day.
Eramet targets 10,000 tonnes of lithium per year from French project
Eramet is also planning to develop recycling of electric vehicle batteries in France with Suez.
Cochilco raises 2023 copper price forecast to $3.85/lb
Cochilco also pegged its estimated 2024 copper price at an average of $3.65 a pound.
LME expands nickel committee to help improve contract, dwindling volumes
Nickel volumes on the LME crashed 28% last year from 2021.
