Thailand aims for lithium output in two years, boosting EV ambitions
Southeast Asia's largest car producer and exporter wants to convert about 30% of its annual vehicle production into EVs by 2030.
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Graphic: Tin shackled by surplus, but green industry demand poised to mop up supplies
Tin prices have dropped 20% to around $26,500 a metric ton, since hitting a six-month high at $32,680 in January last year.
Australia’s oldest listed investment firm says lithium stocks turning attractive
Australian Foundation Investment Company is starting to look at the sector and last year bought a small position in diversified miner Mineral Resources.
Column: Funds sell copper as weak demand trumps supply pressures
Funds are adopting an increasingly bearish stance in the copper market, preferring to focus on a globally weak demand picture rather than signs of supply-chain stress.
New Caledonia’s Prony Resources faces cash crunch on nickel slump
Companies in other high-cost nickel-producing regions have announced restructurings and writedowns as prices have dropped.
Freeport-McMoRan’s profit beats estimates on strong copper production
On an adjusted basis, the company earned 27 cents per share for the three months ended Dec. 31.
More than 40 killed in artisanal mine collapse in southwest Mali
The incident in Mali occurred on Friday on a site in the Kangaba Cercle in the south-western Koulikoro Region.
India fights coal war despite energy transition pledges – study
The expansion of fossil fuel and low-carbon energy infrastructures is predicated upon direct state-sanctioned violence to facilitate land acquisition in India, new research found.
McClean Lake uranium mine in Canada to resume production
Mining is planned to restart at the McClean North deposit in 2025, with a target production of 800,000 pounds of uranium that year.
