The European Union's top court told Poland last month to halt operations at the open-pit lignite mine after Prague complained of environmental damage in nearby Czech villages.
While there's been no suggestion of wrongdoing in this month’s squeeze, the LME has a rich history of wild price moves when markets are over- or undersupplied.
A new report by Wikistrat and idoba analyzes the impacts that technological developments and ESG issues are likely to have on workers in the mining industry.